The Man Who Cried is an 2000 Anglo-French film, written and directed by Sally Potter. The film stars Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, Harry Dean Stanton, and John Turturro. The film tells the story of a young Jewish girl who, after being separated from her father in Soviet Russia, grows up in England. As a young adult, she moves to Paris . The picture is the last film of the French cinematographer Sacha Vierny. Fegele Abramovich , a Russian Jew is separated from her father as a child in 1927. Her father has traveled to America to seek his fortune and plans to send for Fegele and... her grandmother. Before leaving, he sings "Je Crois Entendre Encore" from the Bizet opera Les pêcheurs de perles to her. After her father leaves, the village is attacked and burned in a pogrom. Fegele escapes with the help of neighbors; after many obstacles, she is crowded onto a boat headed for Britain, with only a photo of her father and a coin given to her by her grandmother. Upon arrival, an English official renames her "Susan" and places her with foster parents.
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| Release date: | 2000 |
| Directed by: | Sally Potter |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Music by: | Osvaldo Golijov |
| Cinematography: | Sacha Vierny |