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Casting

IMDb ID: tt0303832 · Year: 2001 · Rating: 7.9 (23 votes)

Genres: Documentary

In the mid-1990s, Emmanuel Finkiel organized a casting in the French Ashkenazi community.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesFrance: Casting
United States: Casting
Release Date2001-12-12Runtime87 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews0Critic Reviews1Countries / RegionsFranceLanguagesFrench
Hebrew
Yiddish
Keywordsyiddish
song and dance
sixty something
seventy something
refugee
Production CompaniesArte France Cinéma
Les Films du Poisson
IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303832/Updated At2025-08-12T19:56:08

Stars

Rosa Barenfeld

Directors

Emmanuel Finkiel

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Rosa Barenfeld | Character: Actress

[Directors Group]
Name: Emmanuel Finkiel | Role: Director

[Producers Group]
Name: Yaël Fogiel | Role: Producer
Name: Thierry Garrel | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Leopold Kozlowski | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Emmanuel Finkiel | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Saskia Berthod | Role: Editor
Name: Anne Weil | Role: Editor

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303832/videogallery/

Release Schedule

United States: December 12, 2001 (Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival)
Argentina: April 19, 2002 (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema)

Awards

Winner | 2001 | Leipzig DOK Festival | Honorable Mention | Emmanuel Finkiel, Casting
Winner | 2001 | Leipzig DOK Festival | Prize of the Trade Union 'ver.di' | Emmanuel Finkiel, Casting
Winner | 2001 | Leipzig DOK Festival | FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention | Emmanuel Finkiel, Casting | Emmanuel Finkiel succeeds in showing that human beings are able to maintain their dignity while being persecuted. The women and men portayed in his film make us aware of the fact that life is the most precious good.
Nominee | 2001 | European Film Awards | European Film Award | European Documentary | Emmanuel Finkiel, Casting

Box Office

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