Lost in Yonkers

Lost in Yonkers

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

1993114 min6.3 / 10

A warm, character-driven coming-of-age comedy about two boys discovering family bonds and self-understanding during a transformative summer in 1940s New York.

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.

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