Dito (Robert Downey Jr.) returns to Astoria, New York after a near 15 year absence. However, Dito was one of the lucky few to have escaped. For most of Dito's friends, their only escape from their harsh surroundings were drug abuse, prison or death. But how was it that Dito managed to make a name for himself as a writer when so many had their dreams crushed?

Dito (Robert Downey Jr.) returns to Astoria, New York after a near 15 year absence. However, Dito was one of the lucky few to have escaped. For most of Dito's friends, their only escape from their harsh surroundings were drug abuse, prison or death. But how was it that Dito managed to make a name for himself as a writer when so many had their dreams crushed?

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