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West Side Story
UNITED STATES · 1961

West Side Story

Robert Wise
gang violence forbidden love ethnic conflict urban rivalry immigrant communities
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Synopsis

In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.

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