The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)

Matthew a young schizophrenic finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building Soon he finds himself in even more dire straits when he is threatened by Little Leroy a thug who is one of the tough denizens of the Fort Washington Shelter for Men He reaches out to Jerry a streetwise combat veteran who takes Matthew under his wing as a son The relationship between these two men grows as they attempt to conquer the numbing isolation of homelessness