“Sometimes the only way to move forward is to go back.”
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.
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Robert Downey Jr.
Dito
Shia LaBeouf
Young Dito
Chazz Palminteri
Monty
Dianne Wiest
Dito's Mother
Channing Tatum
Young Antonio
Melonie Díaz
Young Laurie
Martin Compston
Mike O'Shea
Eric Roberts
Antonio
Rosario Dawson
Laurie
Olga Merediz
Aunt Mary
Adam Scarimbolo
Guiseppe
Laila Liliana Garro
Diane
Peter Anthony Tambakis
Young Nerf
Scott Michael Campbell
Nerf
Anthony DeSando
Frank the Dog Walker
Eléonore Hendricks
Jenny
George DiCenzo
Uncle George
Tibor Feldman
Teacher
Federico Castelluccio
Antonio's Father
Chance Kelly
Prison Guard
Gilbert Cruz
Queensbridge Bodega Man
Jermel Wilson
Yup Yup
Steve Payne
Beach Chair Guy
Steven Randazzo
Token Clerk
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