movie poster for LIBERTY HEIGHTS

Flicks ID

9491

Cert

15

Running time

123 mins

Country

Format

DVD

LIBERTY HEIGHTS (1999)

BARRY LEVINSON

Plot

The year is 1954 and Van and Ben are two young Jewish brothers just discovering the joys of the opposite sex; one has fallen for the schools first black student while the other is drawn to a rich, but non-Jewish girl; Their father meanwhile has become involved in a money racket and now finds himself dangerously out of his depth. Liberty Heights is a sensitively and perceptively observed film with some fine performances.