A bronx tale: In the Bronx during the

In the Bronx during the 1960s, a father and a local gangster battle for the attention and respect of an impressionable teen. In the Bronx during the 1960s, a father and a local gangster battle for the attention and respect of an impressionable teen. Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's ... A Bronx Tale is a very funny movie sometimes, and very touching at other times. It is filled with life and colorful characters and great lines of dialogue, and De Niro, in his debut as a director, finds the right notes.