Production Companies

Serenade Films, Mr. Nice, Olympus Pictures

Overview

"He's got to get out, if he's going to get ahead."

A 19 year old Brooklyn boy who is torn between two worlds when his photography portfolio wins him a partial scholarship to NYU. He must figure out how to balance his Italian neighborhood roots with the expansive, sophisticated world on the other side of the East River. Based on Tim McLoughlin's novel "Heart of the Old Country".