The story follows (Robert De Niro), a former underboss who snitched on his Brooklyn kingpin, Don Luchese. Now living as "Fred Blake" in Normandy, Giovanni and his family—wife Maggie, daughter Belle, and son Warren—find it nearly impossible to abandon their violent "family way" of solving problems:
Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, and John D'Leo. Plot Overview
(Giovanni) struggles with local bureaucracy and becomes obsessed with the town's brown tap water, eventually reverting to brutal methods to "fix" the issue.