Me Ivan, You Abraham

Me Ivan, You Abraham
Me Ivan, You Abraham
	Film poster
Directed by	Yolande Zauberman
Written by	Yolande Zauberman
Starring	Roma Alexandrovitch; Aleksandr Yakovlev; Vladimir Mashkov
Cinematography	Jean-Marc Fabre
Release date	26 May 1993 (France);
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	France, Belarus
Languages	Yiddish, Belarusian, Polish

Me Ivan, You Abraham (French: Moi Ivan, toi Abraham; Belarusian: Я — Іван, ты — Абрам) is a 1993 French-Belarusian film written and directed by Yolande Zauberman. It won the Award of the Youth (French film) at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival and the Golden St. George at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival;^[1] and was Belarus' submission for consideration for Best Foreign Film at the 67th Academy Awards. The film was also shown in 1993 at the 9th Warsaw International Film Festival and at the 10th Jerusalem Film Festival.

Plot

In 1930s Poland, Christian boy Ivan goes to live with a Jewish family to learn a trade. He becomes friends with Abraham, the son of the family. However, anti-Semitism is rife in their environment, and they flee to escape an upcoming conflict. Journeying together, they demonstrate their inseparability.

Cast

Roma Alexandrovitch - Abraham
Aleksandr Yakovlev - Ivan
Vladimir Mashkov - Aaron
Mariya Lipkina - Rachel
Hélène Lapiower - Reyzele
Alexander Kalyagin - Mardoche
Rolan Bykov - Nachman
Zinovy Gerdt - Zalman
Daniel Olbrychski - Stepan

Year-end list

Top 10 (not ranked) – Howie Movshovitz, The Denver Post^[2]

References

^ "18th Moscow International Film Festival (1993)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
^ Movshovitz, Howie (25 December 1994). "Memorable Movies of '94 Independents, fringes filled out a lean year". The Denver Post (Rockies ed.). p. E-1.

External links

Me Ivan, You Abraham at IMDb
Me Ivan, You Abraham at the 9th Warsaw International Film Festival of 1993.

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[Moscow1993-1] "18th Moscow International Film Festival (1993)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2013.

[2] Movshovitz, Howie (25 December 1994). "Memorable Movies of '94 Independents, fringes filled out a lean year". The Denver Post (Rockies ed.). p. E-1.

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