Regie:
Arnaud DesplechinCamera:
Eric GautierMuziek:
Howard ShoreActeurs:
Summer Phoenix, Ian Holm, Fabrice Desplechin, Frances Barber, Emmanuelle Devos, Kika Markham, Anton Lesser, Josef Altin, Michael Müller, Paul Ritter (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Set in London at the end of the 19th century, the film tells the story of Esther Kahn (Phoenix), an introverted working class Jewish girl who has trouble fitting in with the rest of her East End family, of which all members work in the family sweatshop. Esther is slow and stubborn, she never has an opinion about anything, she never feels anything for anybody, she's a stone. Yet she forces herself to consider questions usually reserved for philosophers about the life, drems and her identity, but as hard as she tries to imitate others, Esther comes to realize that this isn't the way to become a person. Then, once in the theatre Esther "wakes up", she comes to life: because she doesn't watch the play like others do, she lives it. She decides to become an actress and to use other characters to discover who she truly is. Esther now begins to learn how to act and to live. And it is these lessons that, one evening, on stage, all of a sudden, make her reveal twenty years of suppressed life. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Acteurs
Summer Phoenix
USA
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Ian Holm
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Beste films:
Fabrice Desplechin
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Frances Barber
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A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (serie)
Emmanuelle Devos
Frankrijk
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Le Fils de l'autre (2012)
À l'origine (2009)
Kika Markham
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Les Deux Anglaises et le continent (1971)
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Anton Lesser
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Michael Müller
Groot Brittanië
Paul Ritter
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All the King's Men (1999) (Tv-film)
Jon Rumney
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The Way We Live Now (2001) (serie)
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Ann Firbank
India
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (Tv-film)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (serie)
Hilary Sesta
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Cadfael (1994) (serie)
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Akbar Kurtha
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Responsible Child (2019) (Tv-film)
Vera (2011) (serie)
Ralph Nossek
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Beste films:
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Brazil (1985)
Les Misérables (1998)
Gregory Gudgeon
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Esther Kahn (2000)
Een jongen met de naam Kerstmis (2021)
Bryan Newton
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Derek Smee
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
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