The Narrows
He's got to get out, if he's going to get ahead.
Directed by François Velle
Produced by Serenade Films, Mr. Nice
A coming-of-age drama about a young man navigating the tension between his working-class Brooklyn roots and the promise of upward mobility through education.
A 19 year old Brooklyn boy who is torn between two worlds when his photography portfolio wins him a partial scholarship to NYU. He must figure out how to balance his Italian neighborhood roots with the expansive, sophisticated world on the other side of the East River. Based on Tim McLoughlin's novel "Heart of the Old Country".
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