Breaking Away

The movie that tells you exactly what you can do with your high school diploma!

Release Date: 1979-05-24

Rating:7.2 / 10(307 votes)

Status: Released

Genres: Drama, Comedy

Runtime: 101 min

Director: Peter Yates

Writer: Steve Tesich

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.