Step back into the eighties when Communism still held deadly sway in Eastern Europe and imagine yourself with Esther, a Romanian teenager, coming to America, the land of freedom, for the first time and discovering that there is much more awaiting her than a mere change of cultures. Her beauty and individuality attract the attention of handsome Ron Atwood and her talent as a singer soon opens up a whole new world. She rejoices in her new-found liberty and popularity but the 'curtain' that her elderly friend, Hugh Gardner, warns her about on the plane is fast closing in. Will it completely smother her, or will she be able to escape its folds?
