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In a flashback, we see Jimmy performing at a cocktail party (whose guests are what Jimmy refers to as the ‘Riviera Greek Island crowd’) when he notices Wanda (entering the room wearing a fur coat) and he is immediately attracted to her. He tries to make his way over to meet her during a break but Wanda is also being seduced by a woman, Olga (Margaret Lee), a fashion photographer. Wanda is approached by a millionaire playboy, Ahmed (Klaus Kinski) and she begins to kiss him (giving us the impression that the party is being held at his house and he was the one who invited Wanda to his party).

Then there is Ahmed. Wanda returns to Istanbul and wearing her signature fur coat, she enters a Palace and walks in on Ahmed who is laying down dressed in a turbin.

Jimmy follows Wanda back to her hotel but while he is trying to find her, Franco blurs the movie, making us wonder if what follows is real or a dream. Next we see Jimmy in bed with Wanda making love to her.

The movie becomes a series of flashbacks and dream sequences where we see Jimmy falling in love with Wanda and Wanda taking revenge on the three people who killed her. At the same time, we see Jimmy trying to maintain his real-time relationship with Rita. But the real star of the movie is the jazz music, courtesy of Manfred Mann, and there is more music on display here than dialogue.