Side Streets (1998)
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Tony Gerber made his directorial debut with this anthology film, a comedy-drama that opens with a 1950s black-and-white newsreel focusing on the ethnic diversity of New York City. This multicultural mix is dramatized in five interlinked tales set in each of NYC's five boroughs on a hot summer… More Tony Gerber made his directorial debut with this anthology film, a comedy-drama that opens with a 1950s black-and-white newsreel focusing on the ethnic diversity of New York City. This multicultural mix is dramatized in five interlinked tales set in each of NYC's five boroughs on a hot summer day: In Manhattan, a Soho fashion designer on the brink of eviction begins a relationship with a Japanese department store buyer. In the Bronx, the daughter of a Puerto Rican baker thinks her lover can provide a portal to a glamorous, successful life. For the Queens segment, Gerber expanded his 1995 short film, A Small Taste of Heaven, about a gambling Romanian butcher's apprentice who dreams of someday purchasing a nice suburban house for his wife. On Staten Island, the wife of an Indian limousine driver is treated like a servant by her husband's visiting brother. In Brooklyn, a West Indian man makes the mistake of pawning his wife's family heirlooms to buy a Cadillac. Shown at the 1998 Venice Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Directed By
- Tony Gerber
- Genres
- Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Sep 6, 1998 Wide
- On DVD
- Jan 6, 2004
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Cast
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Valeria Golino
as Sylvie Otti
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Shashi Kapoor
as Vikram Raj
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Leon
as Errol Boyce
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Art Malik
as Bipin Raj
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Shabana Azmi
as Chandra Raj
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Mirjana Jokovic
as Elena Iscovescu
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John Ortiz
as Ramon Yanes
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David Vadim
as Josif Iscovescu
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Rosario Dawson
as Marisol Hidalgo
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Aunjanue Ellis
as Brenda Boyce
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Gary Perez
as Victor
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Miho Nikaido
as Yuki Shimamura
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Victor Argo
as Albani Krug
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Marc Tissot
as Manuel
