Lost in Yonkers

Lost in Yonkers

1993 · 114 min · EN · PG · 6.5 (39 votes)
Dir. Martha Coolidge · Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Mercedes Ruehl, Irene Worth, Brad Stoll, Mike Damus, David Strathairn · Music Elmer Bernstein

This summer there's no better place to find yourself.

Drama

In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.

VIBE

A poignant journey back to a specific time and place, exploring the complex bonds of family. It feels like flipping through old photographs, evoking warmth, a touch of sadness, and the bittersweet ache of memory.

nostalgicheartfeltmelancholicwistfulsteadyperiod piececharacter-drivendramaticslice-of-lifefamilygrowing uplossmemory
brotherauntgrandmotheryonkersnew yorkwoman director1940s
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