A troubled man suffering from an eating disorder is obsessed with finding a long lost, childhood sweetheart.

SYNOPSIS

JOSEPH “JOJO” REICO (40) is rushed to the emergency room. He’s severely underweight. Dr. PETER SPERGADO saves JoJo’s life. JoJo wants a second chance to live, but he needs help. A psychiatrist, Dr. JANE DEVAUGH, works with JoJo to help him gain insight into why he hasn’t been eating. JoJo tells her that his dream is to find his childhood sweetheart Roseann. JoJo narrates the story of his childhood, beginning back in the 1950’s where he grew up in the neighborhood of Little Italy.

JoJo (15) is a healthy, chubby boy. He’s in love with his girlfriend ROSEANN. She likes to share her Twinkies with JoJo. He dreams about being an actor like John Wayne. He lies to his …show more content…
He promises to take Roseann to their school prom. He gives her, his jukebox pin.

JoJo’s father returns home from prison. JoJo and his father immediately clash with each other. When JoJo returns home late, his father tricks him and takes him to a reformatory school, where he’s locked up. He misses the prom. His father lies to Roseann, telling her that JoJo has another girlfriend.

JoJo is molested at the reformatory and eventually convinces the headmaster that he’s not a bad person and was tricked into the reformatory. JoJo also learns that his mother isn’t his biological mother. JoJo is released and returns home, only to learn that Roseann and her family have moved. His father hid a note that Roseann left. Furious, JoJo leaves home on a quest to find Roseann.

Years past, but JoJo can’t find her. JoJo begins to drink. JoJo enters the military and meets First Sergeant, DENISE NORMA PAIGE. JoJo begins to move on with his life with Denise and with his acting career. Tragedy strikes when a mortar shell hits Denise’s jeep. She’s killed. JoJo feels guilty for her death. She really helped him move on and he even stopped