A Bronx Tale
Chazz Palminteri's memoir-play
A Bronx Tale is a 1993 American crime drama film set in the Bronx during the 1960s, directed by Robert De Niro and based on Chazz Palminteri's one-man play of the same name.
The story follows a young Italian-American boy torn between his honest, hardworking father and a charismatic local mob boss.
The film explores themes of loyalty, race, and the seductive pull of street life versus the straight path.
The title has become shorthand for coming-of-age narratives involving organized crime or neighborhood loyalty: His memoir reads like a Bronx tale.
- SonnyTerm for young males
- father figureMale role model
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
- 1960sDecade after the fifties
- one-man showPerformance by single artist
coming-of-age · Italian · neighborhood · street corner · working class · gangster · loyalty · father · wiseguy · stoop · dice · streets · respect · nobody cares · mob · bus · racism · racial tension
- 1993 FilmsJurassic Park, Schindler's List, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Fugitive, Groundhog Day
- Mob MediaThe Godfather, Goodfellas, The Sopranos, Scarface, Casino
A Bronx TaleManhattan
NYC's densest borough
The Great Gatsby · Wall Street · Do the Right Thing · Goodfellas · Saturday Night Fever
A Bronx TaleScarface
Criminal's disfigurement-based nickname
Goodfellas · Casino · The Untouchables · The Godfather · Donnie Brasco