邻里之间的剧情介绍,故事发生在二十世纪五十年代的美国,巴迪(迈克尔·瑞斯玻利 Michael Rispoli 饰)买了一间房子作为新家,然而,当他喜滋滋地想要搬进去时,却发现原来租住在里面的夫妻玛丽(凯莉·麦克唐纳 Kelly Macdonald 饰)和吉姆(凯文·康韦 Kevin Conway 饰)夫妻两人不愿意搬走,并且,怀孕的玛丽即将生产。 <br /> 让大家没有想到的是,玛丽生出来的宝宝竟然是黑皮肤,愤怒的吉姆离她而去。善良的巴迪可怜母子两人孤苦伶仃,帮他们租了一个房间,并且不时地去探望和照顾他们。随着时间的推移,巴迪和玛丽之间的关系开始变得亲密起来,这让巴迪的妻子埃斯特拉(凯瑟琳·纳杜奇 Kathrine Narducci)感到十分不满。
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.
《邻里之间(Two Family House)》:打破世俗的外遇【第16届圣丹尼斯电影节观众选择奖最佳影片】。