Film

Brighton Beach Memoirs 1986

Directed by Gene Saks

  • Comedy
  • 108 min
  • PG-13

Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his brother, Stanley, whom he looks up to and admires. He goes through the hardships of puberty, sexual fantasy, and living the life of a poor boy in a crowded house.

Comedygreat depressionbased on play or musicalcoming of agebreaking the fourth wallbrooklyn, new york citysemi autobiographicaljewish family1930s

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Comic, intimate, character-led and nostalgic.

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