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The Believer

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Original title

The Believer

Year

2001

Running time

98 min.

Country

United States

Director

Henry Bean

Screenwriter

Henry Bean. Story: Henry Bean, Mark Jacobson

Cast

Music

Joel Diamond

Cinematography

Jim Denault

Producer

Seven Arts Pictures

Genre

Drama | Nazism. Racism. Based on a true story. Independent Film (US)

Synopsis

Winner of the 2001 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, The Believer tells the story of a Neo-Nazi (Gosling) who also happens to be Jewish.

Awards: 2002: American Film Institute (AFI): Top 10 - TV Programs of the Year

2001: Sundance Film Festival: Best Movie

2001: Independent Spirit Awards: 4 nominations including Best First Feature & Actor (Gosling)

2001: Moscow Film Festival: Best Picture

2002: Chicago Film Critics Awards: 2 Nom., incl. Most Promising Filmmaker

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Critics' reviews

"Gosling's performance is riveting, and this fiery and imperfect feature shines as a demonstration of independent filmmaking at its most uncompromising."

Lisa Schwarzbaum: Entertainment Weekly
"Unique and unforgettable"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"Persuasive, intelligent, and provocative"

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"The film's anti-Semitism is articulate but wrong, and the conflict between what the hero says and what he believes (or does not want to believe) is at the very center of the story."

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"The film's greatest strength undeniably lies in Gosling's revelatory portrayal of Danny."

Steve Davis: Austin Chronicle
"An amazing and incendiary movie that dives straight into the rough waters of contradiction"

Matthew Gilbert: Boston Globe
"Treads an awfully thin line between the provocative and the exploitative."

Lou Lumenick: New York Post
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