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Tickling Leo is a 2009 independent drama film about three generations of a Jewish family whose silence about their past has kept them apart. The film was directed by Jeremy Davidson, and stars Lawrence Pressman, Daniel Sauli, Annie Parisse, Eli Wallach, Ronald Guttman and Victoria Clark.
Sep 4, 2009 · Tickling Leo: Directed by Jeremy Davidson. With Lawrence Pressman, Daniel Sauli, Annie Parisse, Sarah Wikenczy. A man unwillingly tries to get to the bottom of his families dysfunctionality.
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- Drama
- Jeremy Davidson
- 2009-09-04
Jan 1, 2009 · Overview. Drama - When Zak and his girlfriend Delphina visit his estranged father in the Catskills, they find him suffering from dementia and inadvertently uncover a dark family secret from WWII: an impossible sacrifice Zak's grandfather (Eli Wallach) made to join Rudolph Kasztner's controversial freedom train out of Hungary.
The Holocaust new wave continues with Tickling Leo, this time drawing on a little-known historical footnote as the haunted backdrop for an otherwise tepid contemporary drama.
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- Eli Wallach
- Jeremy Davidson
- Drama
Tickling Leo pivots on the hidden story of Zak’s father’s escape from Hungary in 1944 during the German occupation, with his father, Emil–Zak’s grandfather–and his younger brother, Robert–Zak’s Uncle Bobbie.
Drama. When Zak and his girlfriend Delphina visit his estranged father for Yom Kippur in the Catskills, they find him suffering from dementia and inadvertently uncover a dark family secret from...
Jan 1, 2009 · Synopsis by Nathan Southern. In the days before Yom Kippur (aka the Day of Atonement), Zak Pikler takes his pregnant girlfriend, Delphina, to find his estranged father in the family drama Tickling Leo, written and directed by Jeremy Davidson.
