The Man Who Cried (2000)

A young refugee traveling from Russia to America in search of her lost father falls for a gypsy horseman.

Director:

Sally Potter

Writer:

Sally Potter

Stars:

Christina Ricci, Oleg Yankovskiy, Claudia Lander-Duke

3 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christina Ricci	...	Suzie
Oleg Yankovskiy	...	Father
Claudia Lander-Duke	...	Young Suzie
Danny Scheinmann	...	Man in Suit
Anna Tzelniker	...	Mother of Man in Suit
Barry Davis	...	Man in Village
Thom Osborn	...	Man in Village
Frank Chersky	...	Man in Village
Daniel Hart	...	Man in Village
Peter Majer	...	Man in Village
Hana Maria Pravda	...	Grandmother
Ayala Meir	...	Child
Abraham Hassan	...	Child
Lloyd Martin	...	Child
Uri Meir	...	Child

Storyline

A Russian Jewish father emigrates to America in 1923, with a promise to send for his mother and young daughter when he is settled. When his village is burned in a pogrom, his mother is killed and his daughter is separated from other youngsters who make it to the port to emigrate. She ends up on a ship bound for England, where she is renamed Suzie and raised by a British family. Many years later, Suzie's talent for singing and dancing sees her accepted into a Paris dance troupe where she is befriended by Lola, a fellow dancer from Moscow. Cesar, a handsome brooding gypsy who works with the troupe later becomes her lover. Lola pursues Dante, an egotistical tenor who is performing in the area. All is well until the Nazis march into Paris, and Suzie's Russian Jewish background places her in danger. She must decide whether to leave Cesar and her friends and continue the search for her father in America.

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Plot Keywords:

america | gypsy | jewish | russian | england | 

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Genres:

Drama | Music | Romance | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

UK France

Language:

English Yiddish Russian French Italian Romany Romanian

Release Date:

8 December 2000 (UK)

Also Known As:

A síró ember

Filming Locations:

Bourne Woods, Farnham, Surrey, England, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$123,577 (USA) (25 May 2001)

Gross:

$739,583 (USA) (12 October 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Universal Pictures, Adventure Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Black and White Color (Duboicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The actors/musicians that play Cesar's family are members of the Romanian music group Taraf de Haidouks.

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Goofs

In the scene where Suzie is following Cesare and his friends on her bike, they go through a passage where you can see the Eiffel Tower in the background and it is lit up. However, the lights were not added to the Tower until 1986.

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Quotes

Cesar: It's better to run and live than to stay and die.

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Connections

Featured in Cinemania: I anodos kai i ptosi tou Nazismou (2008)

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Soundtracks

"Di quella pira"
(1853)
from "Il trovatore"
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano (completed by Leone Emanuele Bardare) (uncredited)
Performed by Salvatore Licitra and Iva Bittová (as Iva Bittova) with The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Concertmaster Vasko Vassilev
The Royal Opera Chorus
Chorus Director Terry Edwards

User Reviews

The Man Who Liked Horses, but Not Plots

I am hesitant to give any film with Johnny Depp lower than a five. Yet I'm pretty sure that Johnny Depp wasn't actually in the movie. Rather, it was a cardboard cutout of Johnny Depp, brooding, with his shirt half open. Other things were mysteriously lacking in this film, such as an ending...and a middle...and character development. Well, there was that moment that Johnny Depp cried. I found myself waiting after the credits for more plot development. And did ANYONE notice that Christina Ricci cannot sing? At all? Though that little girl singing Dido's Lament was probably the best moment in the film. In conclusion, Johnny Depp likes horses.