Two young Americans spend a summer in Spain, amidst the luscious Mediterranean sensuality of Barcelona where they meet a flamboyant artist and his beautiful but insane ex-wife. Vicky is straight-laced and about to be married. Cristina is a sexually adventurous free spirit. When they all become amorously entangled, the results are both hilarious and chaotic. Vicky and Cristina learn some hard lessons about love - and about themselves.