Bloodbrothers is a 1978 coming-of-age film directed by Robert Mulligan, and starring Richard Gere, Paul Sorvino, Tony Lo Bianco and Marilu Henner.

Tommy De Coco and his brother Louis, affectionately known as Chubby due to his robust build, toil as laborers on construction sites, embodying the life and family values prevalent among immigrant Italians in the working-class milieu of the Bronx.

This includes the macho posturing of men, the traditional role of the wife in the kitchen, the marriage to a virtuous girl, and the premarital exploration among vivacious, pleasure-seeking women.

After parting ways with Cheri, a spirited young woman, he embarks on a relationship with Annette, a disco waitress, who becomes his pillar of support in challenging his father's macho traditions, particularly the patterns of excessive alcohol consumption and the treatment of women.

Ryan McDonald of Shameless Self Expression said: "This 1978 Robert Mulligan tale about a seriously dysfunctional Italian-American family is too broadly played, stereotyped, and overly familiar...