Last Exit To Brooklyn

USA, 1989. 102 mins. Import

From the story by Hubert Selby Jr, about life in a working class district of Brooklyn during the 1950s. It follows the lives of struggling characters amid a world of poverty and despair. Harry Black (Stephen Lang) is a corrupt union official who beats his wife at night and spends embezzled money exploring his homosexuality. He discovers himself infatuated with a frail young man who calls himself Georgette (Alexis Arquette), who has a crush on well-muscled hood Vinnie (Peter Dobson). But Harry doesn't confront his problem head-on until he falls head-over-heels in love with Regina (Bernard Zette), a local transvestite.

Director: Uli Edel