Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.
Shia LaBeouf
as Young Dito
Channing Tatum
as Young Antonio
Robert Downey Jr.
as Dito
Rosario Dawson
as Laurie
Melonie Diaz
as Young Laurie
Chazz Palminteri
as Monty
Dianne Wiest
as Dito's Mother
Martin Compston
as Mike O'Shea
Olga Merediz
as Aunt Mary
Laila Liliana Garro
as Diane
Eléonore Hendricks
as Jenny
Adam Scarimbolo
as Guiseppe