Vince, a prison guard on the city island near New York, hides his wife Joyce (Julianna Margulies) to the city to give performance classes, dreaming of becoming an actor. Joyce smokes without telling Vince, his daughter and son also have their own secrets, and the family is in their own hands. Someone discovered that the newly transferred prisoner Tonywas the son he had abandoned for more than 20 years. Vince took Tony home and concealed the facts from everyone, hoping to use parole to take good care of this son and get him back on track. At the same time, under the encouragement of acting class classmate Molly, Vince participated in an important film role interview. Unexpectedly, this caused Joyce’s misunderstanding and caused a family crisis.
City Island movie plot
2022-01-15 08:01
Extended Reading
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Tony: Can I ask you, like, why I'm chained to a Ford?
Vince Rizzo: I'm gonna unchain you, Tony, but first I gotta tell you something. You see this house here? That's my home. My grandfather built this home and I share it with my family.
Tony: Oh, you got them chained up in the house too?
Vince Rizzo: You're gonna get real nice food and a real nice place to live for the first time in 3 years, so you better behave yourself.
Tony: And all this because you knew my bitch mother?
Vince Rizzo: Well, I gotta admit, you know, Nan could be difficult sometimes. But... she was also...
Tony: A drunk and a whore.
Vince Rizzo: Why do you call her that?
Tony: She used to punish me for not boosting cases of vodka from the liquor store I worked at, by screwing my friends. Which base does 'drunk' and 'whore' not cover?
Vince Rizzo: Don't you have any fond memories of her?
Tony: Well, at least she was around. My father left before I was born.
Vince Rizzo: [pauses] What do you know about him?
Tony: He's dead.
Vince Rizzo: That's too bad.
Tony: Eh, the only thing that's too bad, is I didn't get a chance to visit his deathbed and dance in his ugly face for leaving me with that bitch.
Vince Rizzo: Okay, let's go.
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Vince Rizzo: Did you sleep outside last night?
Vince Jr.: No, no, no. I did heroin with a bunch of prostitutes at the Plaza Hotel. I'm thinking of becoming a pimp.
Vince Rizzo: Good. I'll see you later.