The Assistant (1998)

Directed by

Daniel Petrie

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 56m

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man takes a job in a small shop in early 1900s New York. He becomes involved with the owner and falls for his daughter, which stirs up old religious tensions.

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What happens

The Assistant is a 1997 drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Gil Bellows, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Joan Plowright, and Kate Greenhouse. It is based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Bernard Malamud and was also the final theatrical film directed by Petrie before his death in 2004. It follows a young man who finds work at a shop at the turn-of-the-century, and falls in love with the owner's daughter, inflaming deeply religious origins. Filming took place in Toronto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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