Buddy Visalo (Michael Rispoli) is a factory worker. 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. With the house he also inherits the upstairs tenants, a pregnant Irish girl and her abusive, alcoholic husband. 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.