A mysterious drifter lands in a Jersey City fish shop and changes its owners' lives forever in this steamy noir thriller starring Academy Award-nominee Edward James Olmos (1998 Best Actor, Stand and Deliver), Maria Conchita Alonso and Arie Verveen. Grateful for a chance at life off the street, Nick (Verveen) eagerly helps Jose (Olmos) at the shop and Betty (Alonso) around the house. But emotional entanglements ensue when Nick's role as Joe's "newfound son" competes with his growing desire for Betty. When Joe and Betty's son Danny moves back home and finds Nick installed in his old bedroom, his jealousy and rage explode, exposing the undertow of lust that threatens to tear apart the family and their dreams.