Borba u Njujorku was shot in October and November 1976 in New York. The film consists of 12 parts organised around the subject of ‘art and society’, with a strong anti-capitalist message.
Cornélio, an aged man and famous baritone, marries the young Angelica, who plans with her ex-boyfriend Bruno, to kill the husband with contaminated oysters, but she ends up the one who gets sick.
Letter carrier Eva is in her late twenties, unmarried and the mother of a twelve-year-old son. She falls in love with Jon, a bargeman who is unfortunately already engaged.