Things aren't going so well for Tommy Basilio. He lost his job because he "borrowed" money from the register, his girlfriend left him for his boss and is now pregnant, and he can't find work because of the incident. His life revolves around the Trees Lounge, a neighborhood bar over which he lives, full of the colorful eccentrics one finds in such places, like the estranged husband, or the old boozer drinking himself to death. He drunkenly wanders through his life, still in love with his ex, desperate for some sort of meaning beyond the bar, some sort of meaning to his life. 汤米最近事事都不顺心，因为伪造注册文件失业，他的女友抛弃他之后搭上了他的老板，还立刻怀上老板的孩子。现在他四处游荡，无所事事，工作一个也找不到……
