The Criterion Quest

After leaving the Italian seaside, Tom & Chris find themselves back in the US as they spend a day wandering around the city of Austin, Texas meeting a cavalcade of interesting and unique people.

Trading in the French port for an Italian seaside town, Tom & Chris spend some time with five friends who seem to be having some trouble moving on with their lives.

Trading in the stage and spectacle, Tom & Chris hitch a ride with a runaway soldier to a port town where they encounter local thugs, intrigue and even a little romance.

Trading in the Japanese countryside for the French stage, Tom & Chris spend some time with three different types of performers, looking at their lives, loves and the experiences they have both on and off stage.

Deciding to spend some more time in Japan, Tom & Chris trade in the slums for the middle class areas of Tokyo as they cross paths with a young woman facing pressure from her family to marry and start a family of her own.

Trading in the apartments of 60s Paris for a flophouse, Tom & Chris cross paths with a downtrodden Baron and a thief before making their way to Ido ear Japan for a completely different experience in a very similar slum.

Still feeling rather romantic after their outing in the Swedish countryside, Tom & Chris hightail it to Paris where they find themselves catching up with three individuals who find themselves entwined in an love triangle of sorts.

Leaving Italy for the countryside of Sweden, Tom & Chris cross paths with an uptight lawyer, his former lover, his current wife, his moping son and a Count who should not be crossed, all who are seeking to find true love.

Trading the Sicilian countryside for the city of Rome, Tom & Chris find themselves caught up in the life of a old prostitute who is trying her best to carve out a new life for herself and her son.

Having left Poland after the war, Tom & Chris journey to the scenic countryside of Sicily where they encounter an Prince who sees his country at a crossroad, and has doubts whether he has a place in its future.