Last Exit to Brooklyn
“The Novel That Shocked The World Is Now A Movie”
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.
VIBE
This film plunges into the raw, unforgiving underbelly of 1950s Brooklyn. It’s a brutal, unflinching look at lives entangled in despair, addiction, and the desperate search for connection amidst urban decay. Expect a visceral, often disturbing, but deeply human experience.
grittybleaknihilisticunflinchingharrowingsteadyneo-realismsocial commentarycharacter studydespairsexualityclass struggleidentityurban decay
new york cityprostitutebased on novel or bookfightsexualityunionbrooklynnew york city1950s
