Esther Kahn Movie Review 2000

Esther (Phoenix) is growing up in the poor East End of London at the end of the 19th century--the daughter of a Jewish tailor. When Esther attends a Yiddish stage play, she decides that she must become an actress and approaches a local theatre for work. She is later taken under the wing of older actor Nathan (Holm), who advises her to take a lover for emotional experience. Esther gets involved with drama critic, Philip Haygard (Desplechin), is betrayed, but achieves a more-desired stage triumph. Adapted from a short story by Arthur Symons.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 145 minutes.
Originally from French, British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adapted from a Story, Stagestruck, London, Judaism, Betrayal

Screenplay

Arnaud Desplechin, Emmanuel Bourdieu

Cast

Summer Phoenix, Ian Holm, Emmanuelle Devos, Fabrice Desplechin, Frances Barber, Laszlo Szabo

Cinematography

Eric Gautier

Director

Arnaud Desplechin

Music

Howard Shore

Other

Ray Beckett, Malcom Davies, Herve De Luze, Jon Henson, Nathalie Duerinckx

Producer

Alain Sarde, Gregoire Sorlat, Chris Curling, France 2 Cinema, France 3 Cinema, Zephyr Films, Why Not Productions, Empire Pictures