Full of hope, a young Neapolitan singer heads for New York where he is expected by renowned American musicians to record his first album. This is his chance of a lifetime. The moment he sets foot in New York, however, suddenly and inexplicably, he loses his voice. Desperate, he decides to surrender to the New York night , without a specific aim besides that of reaching oblivion. As he revisits those same places , following in the footsteps of his emigrated ancestors who placed all their hopes on the American Dream, our singer makes five strange encounters.