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Julie and Roger are a love-struck married couple who desperately want to have a child. Tragedy after tragedy gets in their way, as the two attempt to rise above their troubles and fulfill their dreams of parenthood.
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.
Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia realizes, the truth was less romantic, and ill-starred.
His wife's a bitch. His kids are nuts. What's a man to do? Cheat. Adultery is the main course for gluttonous family man, Carmine Carbone, whose obsessive libido plunges him into an endless cycle of suburban misadventures. With a little help from his wise guy brother, Joey, and sexy sister-in-law, Cecile, life's little pleasures become an immoral menu of sin.
