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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, 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.
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. Growing up,...
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May 28, 2002 · Expanded to epic length from a short story by Arthur Symons, Esther Kahn follows Phoenix's unlikely ascent in the acting world, a long, perilous journey in which the slow development of her craft...
Directed by Arnaud Desplechin. A Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
Mar 1, 2002 · A Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress.
Esther Kahn is a film directed by Arnaud Desplechin with Summer Phoenix, Fabrice Desplechin, Ian Holm, Emmanuelle Devos .... Year: 2000. Original title: Esther Kahn. Synopsis: In the late 19th Century, Esther Kahn (Summer Phoenix) and her immigrant Jewish family settle in the East End of London.
Brilliantly edited and gorgeously shot, Esther Kahn is a dream to look at and, courtesy of Howard Shore's minor chords and high-strung strings, definitely something to hear.
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 ...
Esther Kahn, a Hasidic Jewish girl in 19th century London who dreams of a career as an actress, rises to become a leading lady on the stage.
