The Wanderers

The Wanderers

1979 · 117 min · EN · R · 7.0 (169 votes)
Dir. Philip Kaufman · Starring Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Toni Kalem, Alan Rosenberg, Jim Youngs

It was The Wanderers against the world ... and the world never had a chance!

Drama

The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’

VIBE

A raw, energetic dive into 1960s Bronx youth culture. It captures the fierce loyalty and fleeting joys of adolescence, set against a backdrop of rock 'n' roll and street life. Feels like a snapshot of a specific time and place.

nostalgicenergeticrebelliousrawsteadygritty realismperiod piececoming-of-age dramaadolescenceidentitybelongingyouth culture
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