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Emotional Arithmetic

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Original title

Emotional Arithmetic

Year

2007

Running time

95 min.

Country

Canada

Director

Paolo Barzman

Screenwriter

Jefferson Lewis. Novel: Matt Cohen

Cast

Music

Normand Corbeil

Cinematography

Luc Montpellier

Producer

Productions Bleu Blanc Rouge, Triptych Media

Genre

Drama. Romance | Holocaust

Synopsis

In 1945, Jakob Bronski, a young dissident held at Drancy, takes two children, Melanie and Christopher, into his charge. 40 years later Melanie discovers that a now elderly Jakob, whom she believed had been taken from Drancy to Auschwitz and killed, is still alive. She immediately invites him to live with her and her family on their farm in Canada. Jakob arrives with Christopher as a surprise for Melanie and both must face the truth of the bond between them. The past explodes into the present in an unexpected and tender love story altering life for themselves and for those around them.

Rankings Position

#116 Best Canadian Movies of all time

Awards: 2008: Genie Awards (Canada): 4 nominations

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Emotional Arithmetic

2007

Paolo Barzman

5.8

(1,252)