Single mom Georgette and her teenage daughter Winnie are locked out of their Bronx apartment and spend a night on the subway after a crazed Vincent Van Gogh wannabe keeps them out of their next sublet. It's a scenario that reaffirms what they already know: they are citizens of a place where some people are living large while others live on the street.  The 1980s housing shortage tests their mettle and while their bond bends, it doesn't break.