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Snow in August is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 12 august 2001 with Stephen Rea
Snow in August (2001)
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| director = Richard Friedenberg
| producer = {{unbulleted list|Lenny Young|[[Jake Eberts]|]Tani L.Cohen|Daniel Ostroff|Nancy Cooperstein}}
| writer = Richard Friedenberg (teleplay)
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| based on = Snow in August
by Pete Hamill
| starring = Stephen ReaLolita DavidovichAdam MacDonald
| music = Peter Himmelman
| cinematography = Serge Ladouceur
| editing = Tatiana S. Riegel
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| genre = Drama
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August 12, 2001 (2001-08-12)
| runtime = 104 minutes
| country = United States and Canada
| language = English
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Snow in August is a 2001 film adapted by Richard Friedenberg based on the New York Times best selling novel by Pete Hamill. Featuring a young boy from an Irish Catholic neighborhood of Brooklyn in 1947, the film follows the unlikely friendship that evolves between 11-year-old Michael and a Czechoslovakian Rabbi that stirs up the wrath of a local Irish gang from Michael's neighborhood. After a tragic turn of events, Michael seeks the help of an ancient Jewish text to summon a protector in his time of need. The film is a made-for-television movie that was distributed by Showtime Networks in 2001, and later released on DVD in 2003.
Synopsis
In Brooklyn in the summer of 1947, 11-year-old Michael Devlin (Peter Tambakis) witnesses a brutal beating of a Jewish shopkeeper by a local Irish street gang called the Falcons. Scared to go to the police, Michael tells his widowed mother (Lolita Davidovich) who only consoles him by telling him God will judge the guilty. With a heavy feeling of guilt still following the young boy, Michael reaches out to Rabbi Judah Hirsch (Stephen Rea) who had fled Czechoslovakia during World War II. An unlikely friendship evolves between the two characters as they bond over baseball and alluring tales of Jewish folklore like the book of Kabbalah which has the power to create miracles such as snow in August. As a fatherless child, Michael eventually grows to see the Rabbi as close friend and father figure-- a relationship that ends up costing him his friends and brings unwanted attention from Frankie McMarthy (Adam MacDonald ) and the rest of the Falcon gang. The Falcons attack Rabbi Hirsch and later threaten Michael and his mother, demonstrating their outright disapproval of the relationship between a Jewish Rabbi and a Catholic family. Determined to finally have the courage to stand up against the gang, Michael goes to Rabbi Hirsch in the hospital to learn more about an ancient Jewish text and the ritual for summoning the Golem to help him serve justice and protect his loved ones.Actors
Stephen Rea
(Rabbi Judah Hirsch)
Lolita Davidovich
(Kate Devlin)
Adam MacDonald
(Frankie McCarthy)
Peter Tambakis
(Michael Devlin (as Peter Tambakis))
Claudia Ferri
(Leah)
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