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Esther Kahn is the first English-language film by the French director Arnaud Desplechin. It premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival where it competed for the Palme d'Or, [1] but was not distributed to the United States for two years until it played in New York City in 2002.
Nov 23, 2001 · Esther Kahn: Directed by Arnaud Desplechin. With Summer Phoenix, Ian Holm, Fabrice Desplechin, Akbar Kurtha. A Jewish girl in nineteenth century London, dreams of becoming a stage actress.
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- Drama, Romance
- Arnaud Desplechin
- 2001-11-23
Esther Kahn (Summer Phoenix), is born to Jewish immigrant parents (Laszlo Szabo, Frances Barber) who both work in the rag trade and live in the East End of 19th century London.
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- Summer Phoenix
- Arnaud Desplechin
- Drama
Mar 1, 2002 · Set in London at the close of the 19th century, the film tells the story of Esther Kahn (Summer Phoenix), an introverted working class Jewish girl who has trouble fitting in with the rest of her East End family.
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- Summer Phoenix
- Not Rated
Dec 9, 2020 · by Arnaud Desplechin. synopsis. Esther Khan lives with her Jewish parents in the east end of London, where she works in the family clothing business. But, one night at the theatre, she decides to become an actress. Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.
- France, United Kingdom
- Esther Kahn
- fiction
- 1999
Mar 1, 2002 · A Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress.
With its starkly unromanticized depiction of the theater and outré central performance, Esther Kahn divided critics upon its release, but has since rightfully emerged as an auteurist cause célèbre for the way that it pinpoints the mysterious, alchemical combination of personality, ambition, and often painful lived experience that goes into ...
