The Assistant
1997 · Movie · 116 min. · Canada
It's the turn of the century and jobs are hard to find. A young man assigns himself the job of a store clerk, without pay... only a place to sleep and eat... after he was manipulated by a hoodlum friend into robbing the man's store. Soon he falls in love with the very pragmatic store owner's daughter who hesitates in giving her heart... or body. Nonetheless, the young man perseveres, much to the chagrin of her extremely Jewish mother who doesn't want her daughter marrying other than Jewish.
Direction Daniel Petrie
Cast Gil Bellows · Armin Mueller-Stahl · Joan Plowright · Jaimz Woolvett · Frank Moore · Kate Greenhouse · Dick Callahan · David Clement · Sam Aaron · Darlene Mignacco · Alon Nashman · Larry Solway · Nicolas Van Burek · Ingrid Veninger
Soundtrack Lawrence Shragge
Screenplay Daniel Petrie · Bernard Malamud
Cinematography Alain Dostie · Philip Earnshaw
Original title The Assistant
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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