Screenwriter-director Barry Levinson’s meditative, semi-autobiographical film secured four Oscar nominations and three Golden Globe nods. It’s a poignant study of childhood, youth, and aging through the eyes of an extended family.
In 1914, Polish-Jew Sam Krichinsky (Armin Mueller-Stahl) arrives as a young man in America. He starts a family and a wallpapering business, all in the homely neighborhood of Avalon, Baltimore. As he builds a life to his liking, his children build theirs, not always to his liking.
