The Man Who Cried Movie Review 2000

In 1927 Russia, young Jewish Fegele is separated from her father (who manages to emigrate to America) and instead winds up in England, where she's adopted and renamed Suzie. An adult Suzie (Ricci) heads to Paris in the late '30s and finds bit work in an opera company, sharing a garret with gold-digging Russian Lola (a lively Blanchett) and a romance with gypsy Cesar (Depp). Lola has set her sights on hammy opera singer, Dante (Turturro). Then the Nazis invade Paris. The film's surprisingly plodding and the characters either stereotypical and/or underwritten.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 97 minutes.
Originally from British, French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Paris, Romantic Drama, Period Piece: 1930s, Opera, Judaism, Gypsies

Screenplay

Sally Potter

Cast

Christina Ricci, Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Harry Dean Stanton, Oleg Yankovsky

Cinematography

Sacha Vierny

Director

Sally Potter

Music

Osvaldo Golijoy

Other

Herve Schneid, Carlos Conti, Lindy Hemming

Producer

Christopher Sheppard, Working Title Productions, Adventure Films, Studio Canal Plus, Universal Focus

Awards

Natl. Bd. of Review 2001: Support. Actress (Blanchett).