The charming and ambitious art critic, James Figueras, has fallen from grace. He spends his days in Milan lecturing witless tourists about art history. His only glimmer of hope is a new love interest, the mysterious American, Berenice Hollis (Elizabeth Debicki). However, things look up when a wealthy art dealer Joseph Cassidy (Mick Jagger) makes him an offer. Cassidy asks him to steal a painting from the legendary artist, Jerome Debney (Donald Sutherland). He soon finds himself caught in a web of his own making.