Overview
When a famous American film director, Rudolph Grichenberg, comes to Paris to cast a Yiddish version of 'The Merchant of Venice,' Maurice Kurtz and his friends try out for the role of Shylock. Thinking he has finally been cast in an important film role after years of obscurity, Maurice rushes home to tell his beloved wife, Perla. Later, Maurice discovers the part has gone to a famous American star, but he must play the role of his life to be sure Perla, who has become very ill with cancer, doesn't find out.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 13, 2004
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- French, Yiddish
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Canal+,Les Films Alain Sarde,La Région Île-de-France,Caroline Productions,Egérie Productions,7IA,Les Films de l'Espoir,Caroline Production
- Cast
- François Berléand,Valérie Benguigui,Rufus,Olivier Sitruk,Clément Sibony,Steve Suissa,Bérénice Bejo,Peter Coyote,Stéphane Freiss,Lionel Abelanski
- Director
- Steve Suissa
- Producer
- Sophie Tepper
- Cinematography
- Christophe Offenstein,Guillaume Schiffman
- Music
- David Marouani
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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