The read
It runs a compact 28m.
Synopsis
Based her grandfather’s boyhood in St. Louis, Yasmin Gorenberg tells a story of the pain passed from refugee parents to their children and the hope that can overcome it. “40 Nickels” captures the image of a generation of immigrants to the United States in the 1920’s and 1930’s and through that spotlights the effects of the 1919 pogroms in Eastern Europe. This is a film about parents and children: how trauma never leaves a family, and how hope and resilience is also passed down. It asks the question: Can a new generation look at the world with wonder rather than fear?
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Key crew
- Yasmin GorenbergWriter
- Myra NoveckWriter
- Yasmin GorenbergDirector
Cast
- Grayson TaylorNorm
- Carole ForemanBubbe
- Te'ena KleinEthel
- Leo GrinbergItzik
- Catherine Ashmore BradleySarah
- Kathleen BernhardStreet Person
- Andy BoxoldSchool Boy
- Aubin BradleySarah's Sister
- Lucas CardonaIce Cream Man
- Keira CoakleySchool Girl
- Charles GoldfischerStreet Person
- Blake GoldsteinIrv
Themes
yiddish languageyiddish