Helena Ruoti

Everette Hatcher est sur le point de démanteler un trafic de drogue à Staten Island. Infiltré dans le milieu, il rencontre Gus Farace, un dealer qui va le mener jusqu'au parrain le plus puissant de la région, Joseph Scassi. Mais leur entrevue s'achève dans un bain de sang. Surpris par la mafia, les deux hommes sont impitoyablement canardés. Hatcher est abattu, mais Farace réussit à prendre la tangente. Pour le FBI, Gus est responsable de cette bavure. De son côté, la mafia le considère trop dangereux et décide de l'éliminer. La traque s'organise...

The marriage of a young working-class woman is jeopardized when she witnesses her brother-in-law's participation in a gang rape of an intoxicated woman in a neighborhood bar.

A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn't last for long due to the two families not getting along with each other. The family moves from rundown hotels to homeless shelters as Daniel searches work as a electrician while his wife takes waitress jobs to try to make ends meet.