Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.

• Belladonna Productions
• Original Media
• Robert Downey Jr.
• Shia LaBeouf
• Chazz Palminteri
• Dianne Wiest
• Channing Tatum
• Melonie Díaz
• Martin Compston
• Eric Roberts