Emotional Arithmetic
2007 · Movie · 99 min. · Canada
In 1945, Jakob Bronski, a young dissident held at Drancy, takes two children, Melanie and Christopher, into his charge. 40 years later Melanie discovers that a now elderly Jakob, whom she believed had been taken from Drancy to Auschwitz and killed, is still alive. She immediately invites him to live with her and her family on their farm in Canada. Jakob arrives with Christopher as a surprise for Melanie and both must face the truth of the bond between them. The past explodes into the present in an unexpected and tender love story altering life for themselves and for those around them.
Direction Paolo Barzman
Cast Susan Sarandon · Christopher Plummer · Gabriel Byrne · Roy Dupuis · Max von Sydow · Dakota Goyo
Soundtrack Normand Corbeil
Screenplay Jefferson Lewis · Matt Cohen
Cinematography Luc Montpellier
Original title Emotional Arithmetic
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