π Overview:
While escaping from Nazis during the WWII, a Jewish man dug suitcases full of things dear to his heart in the ground two. The war deprived him of his family, and afterwards he endlessly turns over the soil of Antwerp to find the suitcases, which makes him look obsessed. He keeps checking old maps and keeps digging, trying to find, in fact, those he lost. His daughter Chaya is a beautiful modern girl looking for a part-time job. She finds a place as a nanny in the strictly observant Chassidic family with many children, although her secular manners clearly fly in the face of many commandments. One of the reasons she is accepted is that mother of the family is absolutely overburdened by the household, so she stays despite the resistance of the father, normally - an indisputable authority in the family. She develops a special bond with the youngest of the boys, four-year old Simcha, so far incapable of speaking.
π Languages Available:
Hebrew
,
Yiddish
,
English
π Date Released:
1998-03-30
β Running Time:
100 mins
β Vote Average:
6.4
Beloved Cast
Chaya Silberschmidt
Laura Fraser
Simcha Kalman
Adam Monty
Mrs. Kalman
Isabella Rossellini
Mr. Kalman
Jeroen KrabbΓ©
Concierge
David Bradley
Mrs. Silberschmidt
Marianne SΓ€gebrecht
Mr. Silberschmidt
Maximilian Schell
Yacov Apfelschnitt
Topol
Sofie
Heather Weeks