In King Vidor's silent film, New York at the end of the 1920s is shown through the eyes of a man who came to the metropolis in pursuit of a big dream. After the screening, participants will discuss the story of John Sims and how the director captured the anxieties of the time on the eve of the Great Depression. The conversation will be led by the host of the "CP" film club, Andrey Trusov. The story of young provincial John Sims begins with a big dream: he arrives in New York, hoping to achieve success and become a prominent figure in the advertising world. But instead of a rapid rise, he faces the life of an ordinary clerk, along with love, everyday struggles, and a confrontation with a city where ambitions dissolve among thousands of similar stories. King Vidor's film was released in 1928, a year before the onset of the Great Depression. During the discussion, participants will see how the director conveyed the tension of the era even before the economic crash and how urban space becomes part of the drama. New York here appears simultaneously as a place of opportunities and a huge machine in which a person risks getting lost. After the screening, there will be a discussion with Andrey Trusov, the host of the "CP" film club. The audience will be able to talk about the hero's fate, the social motives of the film, and the connection between personal drama and the historical context of the late 1920s.