Spanningovertwodecades,"FortheLoveofMoney"followsthetrueaccountofanIsraeliimmigrantwhosearchesforhispieceoftheAmericandream.ThestorybeginsinTelAvivin1973,whereayoungIzekisraisedinaseedy,gangsterfilledillegalcasinothatoperatesbehindhisfamily'sbar.Thecasinoisahavenforunsavorycharacterswhoseektocorrupthimtotheirwa.