| Director | Alberto Negrin, Richard Donner |
|---|---|
| Genre | comedy film |
| Runtime | 98 min |
| Country | Italy, United Kingdom |
| Budget | £2 million |
Scott, a thirty-eight-year-old writer of pornographic novels has fallen in love with a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl whilst living in a riverside apartment in London. Her parents are horrified. When Scott finds his visa to remain in Britain has expired, the couple get married in Scotland and move to New York, where his parents live. His parents are also horrified. Scott's brother Hal, an incompetent lawyer and literary agent, pressures Scott to deliver his next, and overdue, novel.
Despite the marriage, New York state law says that Lola must go to school. Tensions arise when she participates in a demonstration outside her high school. Attempting to drag her out of the crowd, Scott inadvertently punches a police officer, is arrested and sentenced to thirty days in jail. While there, Lola leaves Scott's parents house and secures an expensive apartment, also on the river, at a cheap price. After he is released early, Scott struggles to write his novel in order to earn a living, as Lola becomes a distraction in their apartment. After a bitter row, she runs away and after a search of several days is found by Scott hiding in the cellar. The reunited couple go to bed. When Scott awakes, Lola is gone, leaving only a farewell message on their blackboard. Scott is left alone with the cat. Meanwhile, Lola apparently returns to her old life with her school friends.