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The Assistant

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Original title

The Assistant

Year

1997

Running time

116 min.

Country

Canada

Director

Daniel Petrie

Screenwriter

Daniel Petrie. Novel: Bernard Malamud

Cast

Music

Lawrence Shragge

Cinematography

Alain Dostie, Philip Earnshaw

Producer

Co-production Canada-United Kingdom;

Miracle Pictures, Paragon Entertainment Corporation

Genre

Drama. Romance | Crime

Synopsis

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.

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The Assistant

1997

Daniel Petrie