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A young man impulsively chasing a romance falls into an unconventional relationship with two strangers in this independent drama. Johnny (Joe Iacovino) is a twenty-something guy from Philadelphia who has been bumming though Europe, and after falling in love with a woman he met in France, he follows her to Italy, only to find himself stranded in Rome. Needing somewhere to stay, the woman's next-door neighbor, a fellow American expatriate named Jesse (Jason Goodman), allows Johnny to spend a few days sleeping on his couch. Aspiring filmmaker Jesse shares his apartment with his lover Angela (Giulia Steigerwalt), a local girl who dreams of a career as a concert pianist. Jesse becomes fast friends with Johnny and persuades him to star in his latest no-budget production about the life of Napoleon, while Angela finds herself less attracted to Jesse and more fascinated with their new boarder. The Eternal City was the first feature film from the directorial team of Arianna De Giorgi and Jason Goodman.