Two Family House

Buddy Visalo (Michael Rispoli) is a factory worker a frustrated crooner who once had a shot at the big time. Buddy's dreams of greatness have been reduced to an endless series of failed moneymaking schemes. His latest is buying a two-family house for him and his wife Estelle (Katherine Narducci) and converting the ground floor into a neighborhood bar where he can perform. The wrench in the works is that he also inherits the upstairs tenants Marya pregnant Irish girl fresh off the boat (Kelly Macdonald) and her abusive alcoholic husband Jim (Kevin Conway). As Buddy's gang of Italians tries to handle the situation the girl goes into labor and a baby is born forcing them all to confront the limits of their tolerance and compassion.