Jacky is a young man against whom the police have issued a lookout notice in connection with the murder of an eight-year-old girl. But the police are unable to get any details about Jacky. Their investigation reaches three women who Jacky blackmailed. The police collect information from them. Meanwhile, it is found that Jacky is blackmailing a 50-year-old homosexual man. Finally, Jacky is caught by the police. But there unwraps many unexpected truths to the surprise of all.
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.