The Man Who Cried (2000)

Directed by

Sally Potter

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United Kingdom, France

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

12

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 261 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Jewish girl is separated from her father in Soviet Russia and grows up in England. As a young adult she moves to Paris just before World War II begins.

melancholicdramaticbroodingslow-pacedbittersweetmoodysomberromantic

What happens

The Man Who Cried is a 2000 historical musical drama film written and directed by Sally Potter, and starring Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, Harry Dean Stanton and John Turturro. The film tells the story of a young Jewish girl who, after being separated from her father in Soviet Russia, grows up in England and moves to Paris as a young adult, shortly before the beginning of World War II. It is the last film worked on by the French cinematographer Sacha Vierny. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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