Though generations of boys in the 'hood have come of age since Martin Scorsese's MEAN STREETS (1973), first time writer-director Michael Corrente looks to the master of Italian-American malaise for inspiration, and FEDERAL HILL is a sort of MEAN STREETS of Providence.
Federal Hill is the Little Italy of Providence, Rhode Island, a city dominated by the contrast between its working-class neighborhoods and the ivory tower citadel of Brown University. We first meet local boy Ralph (Nicholas Turturro) as he's burgling a house, mixing business with pleasure: why
just steal the jewelry when you can also have a quick wank over the slinky lingerie that spills out of t...
Released:
1994
Rated:
R
Length:
100 mins