Synopsis for
West of Brooklyn (2008) More at IMDbPro »

A Brooklyn street-kid with a passion for Beat poetry decides to relocate to Los Angeles following the death of his mother. Sebi (Ronnie Marmo) is an unusually perceptive Italian-American who keeps his love of Beat poetry a safely guarded secret. His friends have all packed up and moved to Los Angeles, and when his mother dies, Sebi decides to join them. Out in L.A., Sebi and his friends are truly fish out of water. Sebi longs to find a place to call home, and as he crosses paths with a variety of intriguing personalities including Beverly Hills rich girl Maddy (Natalia Livingston) and famed Bronx poet Gaetano D'Amico (Joe Mantegna), he finally discovers the courage to become the man he always wanted to be. [D-Man2010]

Thousands of miles separate Brooklyn, New York, and Hollywood, California, and they seem even farther apart in this dramedy. After the death of his mother, Sebi has ... Full Descriptionleft his native New York for the West Coast, but the Beat-poetry-loving Italian-American doesnt feel comfortable in either place. However, when his hero, fellow New Yorker and poet Gaetano DAmico (Joe Mantegna) appears, Sebi may finally be comfortable with himself. [D-Man2010]