Breathing Room (1996)

Shes Kathy a comix cartoonist hes David teaching English to new immigrants Its New York City with 29 shopping days left until Christmas and theyre in love Or are they Their romance has been onagain offagain because David cant bring himself to say I love you He can say it in French Russian Japanese Chinese but not English So when she learns at an inopportune time that hes applied for a job in Ho Chi Minh City she asks for breathing room until Christmas the film chronicles the ensuing days of restless indecision