A fashion sketch artist from Serbia, Irena Dubrovna, moves to New York and falls in love with Oliver Reed, a marine engineer. Despite their love, Irena struggles with her own dark past, believing she's cursed to transform into a big cat when kissed, driven by her ancestors' alleged witchcraft.

Cat People
A man falls in love with a Serbian immigrant who harbors a bizarre phobia, fearing that her physical intimacy with him will turn her into a legendary feline creature from Serbian mythology.