Harley is a young homeless person who wanders the streets of New York. She squats here and there and begs in the hope of getting enough money to buy her daily dose. Harley is seriously addicted to heroin, like her companions in misfortune: her friend and dealer Mike, and her lover Ilya, who has an unhealthy influence over her. To prove her love to him, Harley is willing to do anything, even to slit her veins. After a failed suicide attempt, she returns to her daily routine in the New York jungle, and tries to survive without her great, destructive love affair...