Breaking Away

1979 · 101 min · ★ 7.2 / 10 · 308 votes

Drama · Comedy

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.

Cast

Dennis Christopher · Dennis Quaid · Daniel Stern · Jackie Earle Haley · Barbara Barrie · Paul Dooley · Robyn Douglass · Hart Bochner · Amy Wright · Peter Maloney

Director

Peter Yates