The end of an era. The beginning of everything.
In 1980, Queens, New York, a young Jewish boy befriends a rebellious African-American classmate to the disapproval of his privileged family and begins to reckon with growing up in a world of inequality and prejudice.
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- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Nov 20226/10
After his strong effort in "The Black Phone" from earlier this year, Banks Repeta delivers another in this curious tale of a young boy ("Paul"), of Jewish antecedence, who must juggle the ambitions of his family to survive and thrive whilst adapting to a multi-racial community. His best (and possibly only) friend at school, "Johnny" (Jaylin Webb), is a bit of a mischief maker with whom his folks would rather he spent less time. His grandfather "Aaron" (Sir Anthony Hopkins) has a close bond with the young lad, and tries to encourage him to be fair and decent in an environment where that is not necessarily easy. There are multiple themes at work here. On the face of it, it is two children just trying to fit in - one from a more stable and prosperous background. There are also discriminatory overtones here too, delivered the more poignantly because they are not straightforward race-based themes, but ones of tolerance, aspiration and affection as can only really be seen effectively through the innocence of childhood; a childhood as yet untainted by an ingrained bigotry that even the most decent about him cannot claim to be immune from. Sir Anthony features sparingly, and his character
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Cast
- Banks RepetaPaul Graff
- Anne HathawayEsther Graff
- Jeremy StrongIrving Graff
- Jaylin WebbJohnny Davis
- Anthony HopkinsAaron Rabinowitz
- Ryan SellTed Graff
- Andrew PolkMr. Turkeltaub
- Tovah FeldshuhMickey Graff
- Marcia HaufrechtGreat Aunt Ruth
- Teddy ColucaUncle Louis
Crew
- James GrayDirector
- James GrayWriter
- Darius KhondjiDirector of Photography
- Christopher SpelmanOriginal Music Composer
- Scott MorrisEditor
- Alan TerpinsProducer
- Marc ButanProducer
- Rodrigo TeixeiraProducer
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