Two Family House
2000 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
An unseen narrator looks back to 1956, on Staten Island, when Buddy, an Italian guy with big dreams, buys a house planning to live upstairs with his wife Estelle and run a bar downstairs. The first problem is Estelle's lack of confidence in Buddy. Then, Irish tenants upstairs refuse to move and won't pay rent; plus, the woman upstairs is about to have a baby. The next problem is the baby: once he's born, it's clear his father was Black. The Irish guy splits; Buddy evicts mother and child, then feels guilt and sets her up in a flat while she sorts out an adoption. Estelle's lack of faith, the Irish lass's spirit, Buddy's dream, racial prejudice, and the baby's fate play out.
Direction Raymond De Felitta
Cast Michael Rispoli · Kelly MacDonald · Kathrine Narducci · Kevin Conway · Matt Servitto · Michele Santopietro · Louis Guss · Rosemary De Angelis · Anthony Arkin · Saul Stein
Soundtrack Stephen Endelman
Screenplay Raymond De Felitta
Cinematography Michael Mayers
Original title Two Family House
6.3
38 votes (FilmAffinity)
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