Breaking Away

Here comes a film about youthful angst, with bicycles. Dave and friends navigate post-grad life. It manages to pedal its way into the viewer's heart somehow.

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Peter Yates directed Breaking Away in 1979. See Peter Yates's full filmography, where to start with Peter Yates, or where to go after you've seen everything by Peter Yates.

Breaking Away was released in 1979 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 101 minutes.