Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 12/13/1989(USA)
Release Date: 09/03/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 120 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Ron Silver stars as Herman, a Holocaust survivor who believes that his wife Tamara (
Anjelica Huston) perished in the concentration camps. He marries fellow immigrant Yadwiga (
Margaret Sophie Stein), whose family sheltered him from the Nazis, and resettles in the Coney Island area of New York. Not all that devoted to Yadwiga, Herman begins an affair with Masha (
Lena Olin), who becomes pregnant by him. Reasoning that, since Yadwiga is a gentile, his marriage is not legal in the eyes of his religion, Herman marries Masha as well. The triangle metamorphoses into a quadrangle when Tamara, who was not killed after all, reappears.
Olin and
Huston were both nominated for Best Supporting Actress Academy Awards.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
