In 1983, Oliver Nicholas, at thirteen, is well-poised to enter the precocious teenage world of first-sex, vodka and possible-love in New York City when he is traumatized by the stroke of his housekeeper (and only true maternal figure), a sixty-five-year-old Chilean woman named Aida. What was supposed to be an exhilarating and somewhat fearful rite of passage - diving into the exciting, fast-paced world of first experiences - quickly becomes skewed by an incomprehensible depression, and a house of interior horrors. Surrounded by women - his untraditional, Spanish, photographer mother (more interested in the role of confidante than mother) his sister, a comedic, door-slamming tormentor, marked by her parent's divorce; and Aida, his silver-haired emotional focal point on the verge of death in Lenox Hill Hospital - Oliver struggles to maintain his role as "man of the house" and his sanity.

1983년 뉴욕, 올리버는 친구들과 거리낌 없이 술과 담배를 하며 여자와 어울리는 10대 소년이다. 가족인 엄마와 누나에게는 귀여운 반항과 장난도 일삼지만, 어릴 때부터 자신을 키워준 아이다만은 예외다. 아이다가 마치 친엄마인 듯 그녀의 사랑을 잃지 않으려 애쓴다. 어느 날, 아이다가 뇌졸중으로 쓰러지고 올리버의 심경에도 큰 변화가 찾아오는데…

Oliver Nicholas é um garoto de 13 anos de idade que começa a vivenciar o precoce mundo da adolescência, com as primeiras experiências sexuais, vodka e um possível interesse amoroso na cidade de Nova York.