Breaking Away

N/A

1979

DramaComedy

1 hour 40 minutes

Summary

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.

~ The movie that tells you exactly what you can do with your high school diploma!
Peter Yates

Director

Steve Tesich

Screenplay

StatusReleased: 45 years ago
May 24, 1979

LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish, Italiano

Budget$2.3M

Revenue$20.0M

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