The lives of a Hassidic young man Yoyli and a Polish young woman Mariola intersect when they find themselves secluded in a car after he offers her a ride home This after Yoyli and his mother picked her up from a street corner in Williamsburg Brooklyn where Polish immigrant women wait to be taken to Hassidic homes to help with the cleaning of their house In the movie they negotiate the labor at 8 an hour After scrubbing and scouring for a bit and after observing a world that is completely foreign to her Mariola succumbs to the toxic fumes of the cleaning agents and falls and faints After regaining consciousness she leaves the house in an angry huff At the prodding of his sister and father Yoyli goes out to find her and offer her a ride She accepts not realizing the differences of their worlds that would place the two young people in a tense and heated situation that is never fully resolved
