 From Dostoevsky s novel Crime and Punishment, "Red Hook" takes place in contemporary Brooklyn. It is the story of an alienated 19 year old Moroccan immigrant who, as an attempt to change what he sees in the culture as his destiny, commits a gruesome murder. Failing to gain enough cash or goods to flee back to his homeland, he narrowly escapes and soon finds himself in a swirling morass of fear, love and guilt.