A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work. A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work. A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work. A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.