The Man Who Cried

– A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 40 Minutes
Release Year:
2000
The Man Who Cried (2000)

A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.

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The Man Who Cried (2000) - Trailer

Release Date:

08 Dec 2000

Language:

English, Yiddish, Russian, French, Italian, Romany, Romanian

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Sally Potter

Writer:

Sally Potter

Main Actors:

Christina Ricci, Oleg Yankovskiy, Claudia Lander-Duke, Danny Scheinmann

Plot:

A Russian Jewish father emigrates to America in 1923, with a promise to send for his mother and young daughter when he is settled. When his village is burned in a pogrom, his mother is killed and his daughter is separated from other youngsters who make it to the port to emigrate. She ends up on a ship bound for England, where she is renamed Suzie and raised by a British family. Many years later, Suzie's talent for singing and dancing sees her accepted into a Paris dance troupe where she is befriended by Lola, a fellow dancer from Moscow. Cesar, a handsome brooding gypsy who works with the troupe later becomes her lover. Lola pursues Dante, an egotistical tenor who is performing in the area. All is well until the Nazis march into Paris, and Suzie's Russian Jewish background places her in danger. She must decide whether to leave Cesar and her friends and continue the search for her father in America.

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Production:

Universal Focus

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
35%
Metacritic:
40%