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Coming-of-age story set in the 1950's stars Harvey Keitel as a small-time hustler/dreamer, recently widowed, who tries his best to care for his two daughters, 17-year-old Sonya, and 12-year-old Greta, while Sonya's rapid disulisionment with her father puts her at odds with him more times than nessessary. Written by
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When a father doesn't live up to his dreams... a daughter has to stand up for hers.
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Sonya Weiler:
Me with a father who has the audacity to buy ice cream on the coldest night of the year.
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Connections
Features
Hawaiian Eye (1959)
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Soundtracks
"Over And Over"
Performed by
Bobby Day
Written by Robert Byrd
Courtesy of Kenwood Records
By Arrangement with Original Sound Entertainment
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Everyone who thinks Harvey can only inhabit violent, suffering Martin Scorcese type stories will be amazed at his affecting and emotional turn here, as a father struggling to raise his 2 daughters. Guilt and regret figure prominently in the plot line, which is narrated from a diary by the wonderful Fairuka Balk. Kelly Lynch gives a brief but sad performance as the mother. One of Kietel's best contains his usual trademark shouting scenes but overall: his least bloody and tortured character is also his finest time on film.