An Unreasonable Notion of Desire

An Unreasonable Notion of Desire is the story of Gabi Fodor, an émigré film director with a jaded view of Hollywood, who awakes one morning to realize that his romantic expectations of life, art and love have gone unfulfilled. While on a walk in Beverly Hills that morning, Gabi notices a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the love of his youth, Marika, and on an impulse, he follows her.  He discovers that she is a psychiatrist named Cass Atwill and he arranges for an appointment.  Although Gabi soon discovers that Cass is not interested in him, he has become obsessed with the idea that, through an affair with her, he can regain his lost youth, dreams and artistic inspiration.