Antonio Resines plays a Spanish photographer whose dreams of fame and fortune lead him to New York City. All he cares about are the surface attractions of the Big Apple; he doesn't even bother to learn the English language beyond a few random phrases. As a result, he stumbles about Manhattan like a man from Mars, his mouth agape at everyday occurrences which the citizenry take for granted. Though fortune does not always smile upon Resines, he finds a solid support group amongst several Greenwich Village artistic types, including fellow Spanish emigre Beatriz Perez-Porro.
Whit Stillman, future
auteur of the cult favorite
Metropolitan, plays one of Resines' new friends in
Skyline (original Spanish title: La Linea del Cielo). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide