The Man Who Cried
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| Directed by | Sally Potter |
| Produced by | Christopher Sheppard |
| Written by | Sally Potter |
| Starring |
Christina Ricci Cate Blanchett Johnny Depp John Turturro Harry Dean Stanton |
| Music by | Osvaldo Golijov |
| Cinematography | Sacha Vierny |
| Edited by | Hervé Schneid |
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| Distributed by | Universal Focus (USA) |
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Release date
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2 September 2000 (Venice) 22 September 2013 (wide release) |
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Running time
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100 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom France |
| Language | English Yiddish Russian French Italian Romani Romanian |
| Box office | $1,790,840 |
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| Soundtrack album by Osvaldo Golijov | |
| Released | 22 May 2001 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 53:49 |
| Label | Sony Classical |
| Producer | Sally Potter |
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The Man Who Cried is a 2000 Anglo-French film, written and directed by Sally Potter. The film stars 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. As a young adult, she moves to Paris (shortly before the beginning of World War II).
This is the last film worked on by the French cinematographer Sacha Vierny.
Fegele Abramovich (Christina Ricci), a Russian Jew is separated from her father (Oleg Yankovsky) as a child in 1927. Her father has travelled to America to seek his fortune and plans to send for Fegele and her grandmother. Before leaving, he sings "Je Crois Entendre Encore" from the Bizet opera Les pêcheurs de perles to her. After her father leaves, the village is attacked and burned in a pogrom. Fegele escapes with the help of neighbours; after overcoming many obstacles, she is crowded onto a boat headed for Britain, with only a photo of her father and a coin given to her by her grandmother.
Upon arrival, an English official renames her "Susan" and places her with foster parents. English students at school taunt her by calling her a "gypsy", but she does not yet understand English. A teacher at the school overhears her singing "Je Crois Entendre Encore" in Yiddish, and teaches her to sing and speak in English.
Time passes, and Suzie auditions for a singing dance troupe heading for Paris. There, she meets an older Russian dancer named Lola (Cate Blanchett), and they share an apartment as friends. At a formal party, both women perform as dancers alongside a mysterious performing horseman, Cesar (Johnny Depp), a Romani to whom Suzie is attracted. After their performance outside, they overhear a tenor inside singing "Je Crois Entendre Encore"; the voice belongs to Dante (John Turturro), an Italian opera singer who immediately catches Lola's eye. Lola works her way into his good graces and falls for his charms, enticed by his wealth and success. Dante, Lola, Suzie, and Cesar all work for an opera company directed by Felix Perlman (Harry Dean Stanton). Dante is an imperious follower of Mussolini; this alienates him from Suzie even as he becomes Lola's lover. Meanwhile, Cesar introduces Suzie to his "family" (essentially his entire tribe), and they fall in love.
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