查理（哈威·凯特尔 Harvey Keitel 饰）和意大利移民朋友们混迹在纽约曼哈顿的下东区，没有固定职业，靠着替黑手党卖命混口饭吃。查理的好友乔尼（罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰）欠了黑市商人迈克尔的钱，却无力偿还，整日被追债。查理与乔尼的表妹特丽莎真心相爱，但是特丽莎希望他能离开这种不稳定的生活，去寻找新生活。迈克尔因为找乔尼要不到钱而恼羞成怒，查理为了帮乔尼摆平此事，...
In mid-’80s Romania, a gifted mathematician is under investigation for plans to publish a new theorem by smuggling it overseas. He’s one in a network of academics struggling beneath the oppressive d...