NEW YORK—We’re greeted by a helter-skeltery New York apartment, maybe an attic, with a conglomeration of banged-up chairs and other decrepit furniture filling the space and hanging from the ceiling.
Victor Franz (Mark Ruffalo), a cop by the looks of his uniform, is looking through it all. He turns on an old Victrola, and it plays a recording of somebody laughing. He’s soon joined by his wife Esther (Jessica Hecht), who’s looking spiffy in a pink suit.
They’re about to make a deal to sell all the stuff, which is the property of Victor’s late parents.
Is a successful career enough to make a man happy?
