I Was on Mars (1992)

In the German drama I Was on Mars (1992), a Polish emigrant travels to New York to make her fortune but discovers that the streets aren’t paved in gold. Silva (Maria Schrader) doesn’t speak a word of English, so she makes an easy target for the wily Alio (Dani Levy), a con artist who’s committed to milking her dry. Instead of letting herself be cast by the wayside, however, Silva strikes up a romantic relationship with the no-good grifter and gets embroiled in his hustling ways. The couple meets a bad end, but not before the alluring Schrader has a chance to display her curvy assets.