خلاصه داستان : روزی داغ از تابستانِ ۱۹۳۳ در فیلادلفیای جنوبی است؛ جایی که جناروی دوازده‌ساله با مادرِ بیوه و پدربزرگِ بیمارش زندگی می‌کند. پدربزرگ، بیرون از خانه نشسته و با تمامِ وجود به آخرین سکهٔ ربع دلاری‌اش چنگ زده—همان سکه‌ای که قول داده به جنارو بدهد و جنارو هم می‌خواهد با آن بلیتِ سینمایِ جدید و مجلل...

It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter, which he's promised to Gennaro and which Gennaro would like to have to buy a ticket to the plush new movie theater. But grandpa's not ready to pass on the quarter or pass on to his final reward: he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past, and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.