Completing writer-director Barry Levinson's "Baltimore trilogy," which began with the acclaimed DINER and continued with TIN MEN, the autobiographical AVALON is a lyrical, melancholy account of an immigrant family's rise and gradual disintegration.
Immigrating to Baltimore in 1914, Sam Krichinsky (Armin Mueller-Stahl) is reunited with his brothers--Gabriel (Lou Jacobi), Hymie (Leo Fuchs) and Nathan (Israel Rubinek)--and drawn into the "family circle," whose members pool their resources to bring relatives over from the old country. Wallpaper
hangers during the week, the brothers are musicians during the weekends, and it is during one of their gigs that Sam meets ...
Released:
1990
Rated:
PG
Length:
126 mins