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Last Exit to Brooklyn

1989 · Film · 103 min

Directed by Uli Edel

Drama

A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.

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  1. NeutraltriceratopsMay 1, 2025

    I don't know if that's true.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire_season_2

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_and_Girls_(The_Office)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Rae

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Chavez_(film)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Waterfront

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Exit_to_Brooklyn_(film)

    But it's true the topic hasn't been en vogue for a while.