An American artist living in Paris decides to tell his wife the story of his youth. So we flashback to Greenwich Village, New York, and follows the adventures of a teenage boy as he tries to deal with his depressed mother and retarded janitor friend. He also makes friends with a black woman in jail — the titular House of Detention. The main storyline revolves around a stolen bicycle.

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