Lies My Father Told Me (1975)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Yossi Yadin	...	Zaida
	Len Birman	...	Harry Herman
	Marilyn Lightstone	...	Annie Herman
	Jeff Lynas	...	David Herman (as Jeffrey Lynas)
	Ted Allan	...	Mr. Baumgarten
	Henry Gamer	...	Uncle Benny
	Barbara Chilcott	...	Mrs. Tannenbaum
	Carol Lazare	...	Edna
	Mignon Elkins	...	Mr. Bondy
	Cleo Paskal	...	Cleo
	Rolland Bédard
	Raymond Benoît
	Bertrand Gagnon
	Guy L'Ecuyer
	E.M. Margolese

Storyline

It's the 1920's. The Hermans - Harry Herman, his wife Annie Herman née Elias, their adolescent son David Herman, and Annie's father - are a Jewish family living in a small flat in the working class Jewish neighborhood of Montréal. David loves his "Zaida" (grandfather) with who he spends most Sundays driving around in their horse drawn wagon collecting junk - namely "rags, clothes, bottles" - to earn money. David also loves hearing his Zaida's stories about their Jewish culture, although most of those stories are made up and not based based on religious Jewish beliefs. Those stories are only one bone of contention between religious Zaida and secular Harry, as modern thinking Harry feels the stories are old fashioned hogwash and provide David with no grounding in what is real in life. Another issue of contention is money, as Harry is always dreaming of get rich schemes... Written by Huggo  

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