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6.5In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial persecution, they find themselves aligned with a local Jewish immigrant in a struggle for dignity and survival.
Released: 2001-10-19106 minDir: Neal SlavinDramaBox office: $645,418
Cast
- William H. Macy as Lawrence 'Larry' Newman
- Laura Dern as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
- David Paymer as Mr. Finkelstein
- Meat Loaf as Fred
- Kay Hawtrey as Mrs. Newman
- Michael Copeman as Carlson
Themes
- antisemitism
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 580751
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- publication date
- 2001-09-09
- title
- Focus
- review score
- 53/100
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IMDb
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Michael Bloomberg
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United States
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English language
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World War II
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Toronto
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September 11 attacks
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Brooklyn
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antisemitism
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The New York Times
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surrealism
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fable
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Arthur Miller
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Roger Ebert
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xenophobia
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Islamophobia
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American Beauty
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Laura Dern
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Mary Poppins
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Categories
2001 American films2001 directorial debut films2001 drama films2001 English-language films2001 films2001 independent filmsAmerican drama filmsEnglish-language drama filmsEnglish-language independent filmsFilms about antisemitismFilms based on American novelsFilms set in BrooklynFilms set in the 1940sFilms set on the United States home front during World War IIFilms shot in TorontoIMDb ID (Cite Mojo) different from WikidataOpposition to antisemitism in the United StatesParamount Vantage filmsRotten Tomatoes ID different from WikidataTemplate film date with 2 release dates