Al Quinto is losing his mind. The rapidly changing culture of his beloved Little Italy is more than he can handle. Fueled by his obsessive studying of the Mafia, watching mob movies and reading mob books all night instead of sleeping Quinto transforms, and one day he emerges from his dreary apartment as the heroic and chivalrous Don Q, an esteemed Mafia chieftain and protector of Little Italy who will stop at nothing to see the old ways return. The locals play along with Don Q’s fantasies , out of sympathy, and so does Rocco, a ruthless wiseguy who just got out of prison. Rocco deceptively offers his services to be Don Q’s strong-arm enforcer with the sole intention to steal his life time savings. Along the way, the delusional Don has turf battles with a scrappy gang of skateboarders, an unscrupulous restaurant owner, and gangsters from the neighboring Chinatown. Santo, a young Mulberry street waiter, decides to throw his lot in with the mysterious elder Don Q as his right hand man. ...