The Cantor ( El cantor )

The Cantor (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: El cantor
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Joseph Morder

Written By:
Harold Manning

Actors:
Lou Castel ..... Clovis Fishermann
Luis Rego ..... William Stern
Françoise Michaud ..... Elizabeth
Talila ..... Tania
Alexandra Stewart ..... Edna
François Desgeorges ..... Adam
Rosette ..... Paula
Lucette Filiu ..... La psychanalyste
Abraham Leber ..... Monsieur Spiegelman
Solange Najman ..... La mère de William
Robi Morder ..... Le libraire
Henri de Camaret ..... Moshé Fisherman
Nicolas Le Bihan ..... Le facteur
Claude Duty ..... Monsieur Pondu
Harold Manning ..... Le rabbin

Synopsis:

Set in the French coastal town of Le Havre, Joseph Morder's first full-length feature film presents a reunion between two cousins who haven't seen one another in thirty years. The arrival of Clovis Fishermann disrupts William's life at a time when his wife Elizabeth is still mourning the loss of her father and in no mood to host an unfamiliar guest. Clovis seems to have returned with an agenda that he keeps to himself but brings William along with him to revisit the boyish escapades of their youth. The son and grandson of famous cantors, Clovis was deliberately kept from learning the family trade after the Holocaust-a legacy that haunts his travels around the quiet port city. Long a fixture of the French underground cinema, and a significant influence on such modern French filmmakers as Francois Ozon, Variety calls Morder's film, "a quirky addition to the ranks of films that address the post-Shoah Jewish experience that one needn't be Jewish to appreciate."

William Stern leads a quiet life with his wife, Elizabeth, and their son Adam. But then a telegram annoncing the arrival of Clovis Fishermann, William's cousin, throws a spanner in the works. William hasn't heard from Clovis for thirty years and is overjoyed at the news, for in their younger days they had wild times together. Elizabeth is not in the mood to tolerate the cousins' fun and games. Clovis is the son and grandson of the famous Cantors. After so many years' absence, just what is he after?

To William's great surprise, his cousin Clovis, who he hasn't seen for more than 30 years, comes to visit him in Le Havre from New York. Their reunion reawakens many memories. In the mean time, William's wife Elizabeth, whose father has just passed away, is unable to share in their happiness. But little by little, Clovis, the descendent of a long line of great cantors, wins over everyone with his charm.

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