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ESTHER KAHN Desplechin Retrospective

Description

A sullen 19-year-old improbably rises from her immigrant family’s sweatshop to play the lead in Hedda Gobler. This mesmerizing period drama confounds expectations at every turn. Modeled on Truffaut’s THE WILD CHILD, Desplechin’s sole English-language film explores the inherent artifice of acting. It was crowned film of the year by Cahiers du Cinema and based on a short story by symbolist scholar Arthur Symons.

Details

Country: France

Year: 2002

Director: Arnaud Desplechin

Producers: Pascal Caucheteux, Gregoire Sorlat, Chris Curling, Oury Milshtein, Waldo Roeg

Director of Photography: Eric Gautier

Editors: Herve De Luze, Martine Giordano

Cast/Featuring: Summer Phoenix (Esther Kahn), Ian Holm (Nathan Quellen), Fabrice Desplechin (Philippe Haygard), Frances Barber (Rivka Kahn), Laszlo Szabo (Ytzhak Kahn)

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