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Breaking Away
Comedy, Drama
Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy sincere underdog stories about young people finding confidence, friendship, and a place in the world.
- Tone
- warm, nostalgic, uplifting
- Payoff
- inspiration, catharsis
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- coming of age, friendship, class identity, ambition, belonging
- Setting
- late twentieth century, working-class Midwestern college town and quarry country
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