Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)

Directed by

Gene Saks

Genre

comedy film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 54 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy named Eugene navigates puberty and family life in a crowded Brooklyn home during the Great Depression. He talks to the audience directly while dealing with his parents, brother, aunt, and cousins.

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What happens

Brighton Beach Memoirs is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Gene Saks, written by Neil Simon, and starring Jonathan Silverman and Blythe Danner. The film is adapted from Simon's semi-autobiographical 1982 play of the same title, the first chapter of what is known as the Eugene trilogy, followed by the adaptations Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound. Set in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York during The Great Depression, this coming-of-age comedy focuses on Eugene Jerome, a Polish-Jewish American teenager who experiences puberty, sexual awakening, and a search for identity as he tries to deal with his family, including his older brother Stanley, his parents Kate and Jack, Kate's widowed sister Blanche, and her two daughters, Nora and Laurie. The film frequently breaks the fourth wall by having Eugene speak directly to the camera. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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