Set in the 1950's in a predominantly Italian-American Staten Island neighborhood, TWO FAMILY HOUSE is the tale of Buddy Visalo (Michael Rispoli from the hit tv series THE SOPRANOS), a disgruntled factory worker who goes after his big dream and gets more than he bargained for.

Buddy wants to be a singer but he's stuck. At one time, he believed that he actually had a shot at the big time, when he was noticed during his military service singing to the troops and asked to audition for a well-known entertainer. However, at the time, his soon-to-be wife Estelle (Katherine Narducci) and her very traditional family dissuaded him from pursuing a career in show business.

Since then, Buddy has lived with his in-laws and concocted numerous money making schemes which never seem to work out. He comes up with a last make-or-break plan to put himself on the show business map by investing in a two family house. He and Estelle will live on the top floor and the downstairs will be developed into a restaurant where Buddy can perform nightly. However, upon closing the deal, hard-luck Buddy discovers that the upper floor houses two tenants: a pregnant, fresh-off-the-boat Irish girl Mary (Kelly MacDonald, MY LIFE SO FAR) and her abusive, alcoholic husband Jim ( Kevin Conway, THE CONFESSION).

Before Buddy and his Italian friends can deal with the situation, Mary goes into labour, her baby is born and her husband Jim deserts her. Buddy is morally caught between reaching for his dream and negotiating the ethics of human decency. TWO FAMILY HOUSE, appearing at Sundance and Toronto film festivals, is a humorous and gut-wrenching take on the American Dream in which Buddy follows a bumpy journey from nice guy to hero with unexpected results.