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I think we should go to Paris. We'll be surrounded by rude French people. It should bring us closer.
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Gwen Moss (Jeanne Tripplehorn) has spent the better part of her life wondering if she ever will meet the man of her dreams, unaware they briefly bumped into each other at school as children and have had several close encounters ever since. She aspires to have a life like her longtime friend Debbie (Jennifer Aniston), a successful doctor with a beautiful home but a marriage that may not be as perfect as it seems on the surface.
Gwen is hired to ghostwrite the autobiography of former child star Francesca Lanfield (Sara Jessica Parker), whose career virtually ended following her stint on a long-running Patridge Family -Brady Bunch hybrid sitcom. Francesca owns La Fortuna, a picturesque vintage apartment complex architect (Dylan McDermott) Nick Dawkan's boss Timo wants to buy and demolish so his firm can construct a modern condominium development in its place. Francesca agrees to the sale as long as Nick is placed in charge of the project, and the two embark on a somewhat tempestuous relationship. Both are damaged emotionally; Francesca has overcome an addiction to drugs but still craves the spotlight, while Nick is dealing with the memory of a father who failed as a songwriter and became a hopeless alcoholic. Meanwhile, Gwen is shocked to discover her father Saul never loved her mother Beebee and is devastated when the two decide to divorce.
Gwen moves La Fortuna and finds herself surrounded by an assortment of odd but lovable neighbors who have created a family of their own. When the tenants are presented with eviction notices, they decide to fight back. Having discovered the property was designed by Sophia Monroe, one of the first female architects of note (and coincidentally Nick's mentor during the early stages of his career), and served as home to silent film star Louise Brooks, Gwen hopes she can have it declared an historical landmark with the assistance of Jon Haas, the city councilman she is dating. Nick is prepared to do battle for his firm until he sees La Fortuna and learns its history and decides it might be worth preserving after all.
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