Film adaptation of the eponymous short story by O. Henry.
Two artists, Siu and Djonsi, share a studio in a neighborhood west of Washington Square. Djonsi, has severe pneumonia and believes she will die when the last leaf falls from the branch she sees through the window. It seems that nothing can save her. Behrman, a poor artist who lives on the ground floor of the building, decides to do everything he can to save her.