I was utterly charmed by this Bronx Immigrant’s Tale when it first came out, a movie of vignettes, slices of life, people struggling and making sometimes good, sometimes desperate decisions.

You might be, too, If you run across it streaming or in the collection of your local library, which is where this copy is destined.

Remember, donate your DVDs to libraries, because they can always use the content.

MovieNation, scattering fine cinema across the American Southeast, one movie/one library at a time.