Sam & Me
| Sam & Me | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Deepa Mehta |
| Produced by | Deepa Mehta & Robert Wertheimer |
| Written by | Ranjit Chowdhry |
| Starring | Ranjit Chowdhry, Peter Boretski & Om Puri |
| Music by | Mark Korven |
| Cinematography | Guy Dufaux |
| Edited by | Boyd Bonitzke |
| Distributed by | ITC Entertainment[1] |
Release dates | 1991 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Sam & Me is a 1991 Canadian film directed by well-known Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta. It was her debut movie as a director. The film went on to win an honourable mention at the Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Plot
23-year-old Nikhil, an Indian immigrant, is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elderly Jewish man, fed up with his life. As an unlikely friendship ensues, both men get new insight into life.[3]
Reception
"In her feature debut, director Deepa Mehta has made one of those fascinating, frustrating films where the sub-plot outshines the plot, where everything on the periphery of the frame is infinitely better than the nominal focal point. Because there, at the edges, we're treated to ethnic humour worthy of the label -- well-observed moments that explode some stereotypes and confirm others, moments that are wry and sharp and poignant." - Rick Groen in his review in Globe and Mail, September 20, 1991.[4]
"Signifying the promise and the perils of cross-cultural dialogue, Sam and Me both validates and negates the multiculturalist utopian myth of interethnic cooperation." - Kass Banning "Playing in the Light: Canadianizing Race and Nation." In Gendering the Nation: Canadian Women's Cinema, edited by Kay Armatage, Kass Banning, Brenda Longfellow, and Janine Marchessault. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. (p. 293) [5]
Cast
- Ranjit Chowdhry as Nikhil 'Shwartza' Parikh
- Peter Boretski as Sam 'Zayda' Cohen
- Om Puri as Chetan Parikh
- Heath Lamberts as Morris Cohen
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Baldev
- Javed Jaffrey as Xavier
References
- ↑ Sam & Me Production Credits at The New York Times
- ↑ Vicent Canby (21 May 1991). "'Barton Fink' Wins the Top Prize And 2 Others at Cannes Festival". New York Times. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ "Sam & Me". IMDB. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ Rick Groen. "Review". Canadian Women Filmmakers Database. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ Kass Banning. "Canadianising Race and Nation". Canadian Women Filmmakers Database. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
External links
- Sam & Me at the Internet Movie Database