After losing her home and her job, Blanche arrives at the home of her younger sister, Stella, and Stella’s husband Stanley, seeking comfort and solace. She is horrified to discover that they live in a crumbling, cramped apartment in a poor immigrant neighborhood. She perceives Stanley as a rough, uncouth and violent man, and the clash between them escalates into a fierce confrontation, in which passions erupt,and long-buried secrets threaten to shatter her psyche.