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Emotional Arithmetic (2007)

Emotional Arithmetic poster
Directed by
Paolo Barzman
Genre
drama film
Country
United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
14A
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three Holocaust survivors reunite decades after World War II. The film shows how their past traumas and relationships resurface during their time together.

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What happens

Emotional Arithmetic is a 2007 Canadian drama film directed by Paolo Barzman, based on the novel by Matt Cohen, about the emotional consequences for three Holocaust survivors when they are reunited decades later. The film stars Gabriel Byrne, Roy Dupuis, Christopher Plummer, Susan Sarandon, and Max von Sydow. It opened at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 15, 2007, and was released, in Canada, on April 18, 2008. When released by Image Entertainment on DVD in the US, on July 22, 2008, the film's title differed from that of its theatrical release; the US DVD is called Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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