SUBMITTED BY Fred Hill
May 16, 2001 — Neil Smith gave this movie 3 out of 5 stars. Here is some of what
he had to say...
Sally Potter's sweeping historical epic may feature some of the
most bizarre casting in recent memory, but it's impossible not to
succumb to its lush romanticism and irresistible fusion of
contrasting musical styles.
Stretching from 1920s Russia to 1940s Hollywood, Potter's saga
follows Jewish immigrant Fegele (Claudia Lander-Duke) as she flees
the pogroms to become a foster child in England. Forbidden to speak
Yiddish and renamed Suzie, she harbours a desire to be reunited with
her beloved father (Oleg Yankovsky), who left to find work in America
and was never heard of again. |
