Mike Manadoro (played by Kevin Zegers) is a protagonist in The Narrows.
A 19-year-old Brooklyn boy torn between his tight-knit Italian neighborhood roots and the sophisticated world of NYU. After winning a partial scholarship, he takes a delivery job for the local mob boss to cover tuition, struggling to balance academics, criminal ties, and divided romantic loyalties. Kathy Popovich (played by Sophia Bush) appears in The Narrows.
A beautiful, cool, and intellectual young woman Mike meets at NYU. She represents the sophisticated world he aspires to join and becomes a source of romantic attraction and conflict. Tony (played by Titus Welliver) appears in The Narrows.
The local mob boss for whom Mike takes a delivery job. This employment provides Mike with the necessary tuition money but raises the stakes of his moral choices and ties him to the criminal underworld.
The Narrows (2008) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Characters
Mike Manadoro
(played by Kevin Zegers) — protagonist
A 19-year-old Brooklyn boy torn between his tight-knit Italian neighborhood roots and the sophisticated world of NYU. After winning a partial scholarship, he takes a delivery job for the local mob bos...
Kathy Popovich
(played by Sophia Bush) — supporting
A beautiful, cool, and intellectual young woman Mike meets at NYU. She represents the sophisticated world he aspires to join and becomes a source of romantic attraction and conflict.
Tony
(played by Titus Welliver) — supporting
The local mob boss for whom Mike takes a delivery job. This employment provides Mike with the necessary tuition money but raises the stakes of his moral choices and ties him to the criminal underworld...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Mike Manadoro → Tony
(Professional Employee)
Mike takes a job making deliveries for Tony, the local mob boss.
Mike Manadoro → Kathy Popovich
(Romantic Attraction)
Mike meets Kathy at NYU and becomes attracted to her.
Story Analysis
Mike struggles to reconcile Brooklyn loyalty, academic ambition, criminal obligation, and conflicting personal desires.
Plot Progression
A Portfolio Opens Doors
The Price Of Opportunity
Deliveries For Tony
Two Worlds Collide
Choosing A Future
Directed by François Velle
The Narrows (2008) · 5.8/10 · crime, drama, thriller
