A couple decide to split up on their fifth anniversary, so they can broaden their horizons by seeing other people. While each finds a new partner almost immediately, one of them regrets the decision and tries to persuade his former lover to return to him. Francis Ford Coppola's musical, starring Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia and Nastassja Kinski, with music by Tom Waits.

In a dazzling, dreamlike Las Vegas, longtime couple Hank and Frannie break up on their fifth anniversary and each pursue the fantasy of new love over one neon-soaked night—he with a free-spirited acrobat, she with a seductive musician. But as illusion and reality blur, both must decide whether passion or devotion truly defines the heart.