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Post by Kaz ~;~ on Apr 29, 2014 7:43:26 GMT -5
Lies My Father Told Me photosDirector: Ján Kadár
Writers: Ted Allan (story), Ted Allan (screenplay) ============================ Summary:: It's the 1920's. The Hermans - Harry Herman, his wife Annie Herman née Elias, their adolescent son David Herman, and Annie's father - are a Jewish family living in a small flat in the working class Jewish neighborhood of Montréal. David loves his "Zaida" (grandfather) with who he spends most Sundays driving around in their horse drawn wagon collecting junk - namely "rags, clothes, bottles" - to earn money. David also loves hearing his Zaida's stories about their Jewish culture, although most of those stories are made up and not based based on religious Jewish beliefs. Those stories are only one bone of contention between religious Zaida and secular Harry, as modern thinking Harry feels the stories are old fashioned hogwash and provide David with no grounding in what is real in life. Another issue of contention is money, as Harry is always dreaming of get rich schemes - the latest being to manufacture permanently creased and thus iron-less trousers - for which Zaida will not provide ... ====================== Cast::
Yossi Yadin ... Zaida
Len Birman ... Harry Herman
Marilyn Lightstone ... Annie Herman
Jeff Lynas ... David Herman
Ted Allan ... Mr. Baumgarten
Henry Gamer ... Uncle Benny
Barbara Chilcott ... Mrs. Tannenbaum
Carol Lazare ... Edna
Mignon Elkins ... Mr. Bondy
Cleo Paskal ... Cleo
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