When 13-year-old Jake’s (Theo Taplitz) grandfather dies, his family moves from Manhattan back into his father’s old house in Brooklyn. There, Jake befriends the charismatic Tony (Michael Barbieri), whose single mother Leonor (Paulina Garcia, Gloria), a dressmaker from Chile, runs the shop downstairs. Soon, Jake’s parents, Brian (Greg Kinnear, Auto Focus) and Kathy (Jennifer Ehle, Zero Dark Thirty)—one, a struggling actor, the other, a psychotherapist—ask Leonor to sign a new, steeper lease on her store. For Leonor, the proposed new rent is untenable, igniting a poisonous, passive-aggressive feud between the adults. At first, Jake and Tony don’t seem to notice; the two boys, so different on the surface, begin to develop a formative kinship as they discover the pleasures of being young in Brooklyn. Jake aspires to be an artist, while Tony wants to be an actor, and they have dreams of going to LaGuardia High School together. But the children can’t avoid the problems of their parents forever, and soon, the adult conflict intrudes upon the borders of their friendship. This timely, emotional film—filled with extraordinary performances, especially from its breakthrough, teenage cast members—showcases exactly why Ira Sachs is one of the most important filmmakers making movies today.