The Man Who Cried (2000)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Sally Potter

Writer:

Sally Potter (written by)

Release Date:

22 September 2000 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Music | Romance | War

Plot:

A young refugee traveling from Russia to America in search of her lost father falls for a gypsy horseman.

Plot Keywords:

America | Gypsy | Jewish | Girl | Dancing

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Christina Ricci	...	Suzie
Oleg Yankovskiy	...	Father
Claudia Lander-Duke	...	Young Suzie
Danny Scheinmann	...	Man in Suit
Anna Tzelniker	...	Mother of Man in Suit
Barry Davis	...	Man in Village
Thom Osborn	...	Man in Village
Frank Chersky	...	Man in Village
Daniel Hart	...	Man in Village
Peter Majer	...	Man in Village
Hana Maria Pravda	...	Grandmother
Ayala Meir	...	Child
Abraham Hassan	...	Child
Lloyd Martin	...	Child
Uri Meir	...	Child
Sophie Richman	...	Child
Theo Wishart	...	Child
Michael Mount	...	Boy in Cart
Harry Flinder	...	Boy in Cart
Danny Richman	...	Man in Cart
Victor Sobchak	...	Man at Port (as Victor Sobtchak)
Sue Cleaver	...	Red Cross Woman
Cliff Barry	...	English Port Official (as Clifford Barry)
Paul Clayton	...	Second Official
Diana Hoddinott	...	Foster Mother
Richard Albrecht	...	Foster Father
Ornella Bryant	...	Playground Bully
Sam Friend	...	Playground Bully
Isabella Melling	...	Playground Bully
Alan David	...	Welsh Teacher
Imogen Claire	...	Audition Mistress
Cate Blanchett	...	Lola
Miriam Karlin	...	Madame Goldstein
Johnny Depp	...	Cesar
Consuelo De Haviland	...	Party Hostess
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Felix Perlman
John Turturro	...	Dante Dominio
Katia Labèque	...	Pianist
Marielle Labèque	...	Pianist
George Yiasoumi	...	Reporter
Pablo Verón	...	Dancing Romany (as Pablo Veron)
Taraf de Haidouks	...	Romany Band (as Taraf De Haïdouks)
Odile Roire	...	Opera Chorus
Brigitte Boucher	...	Opera Chorus
Norah Krief	...	Opera Chorus
Hélène Hardouin	...	Opera Chorus (as Helene Hardouin)
Hugues Dalmagro	...	Romany Brother
Cedric Gary	...	Romany Brother
Saïfi Ghoul	...	Romany Boy (as Saifi Ghoul)
Manfred Andrae	...	German Officer
Richard Sammel	...	German Officer Pianist
Ahmet Ziyrek	...	Father of Boy (as Ahmet Zirek)
Don Fellows	...	Joe
Joyce Springer	...	Refugee Worker
Cyril Shaps	...	Older Man in Sweatshop
Anna Korwin	...	Woman in Sweatshop
Mark Ivanir	...	Man in Sweatshop
Alfred Hoffman	...	Man in Sweatshop
Bernard Spear	...	Man in Sweatshop
Damien Puckler	...	Studio Assistant
David Baxt	...	Studio Lawyer
Katherine Hogarth	...	Father's New Wife
Patrick Clarke	...	Son
Bridget Clarke	...	Daughter
Chris Gillespie	...	Nurse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shelly De Vito	...	Sally, English Guest (uncredited)
Susie Gossling Valerio	...	Red Cross Woman (uncredited)

Directed by
Sally Potter

Writing credits
Sally Potter		(written by)

Produced by
Simona Benzakein	....	co-producer
Tim Bevan	....	executive producer
Linda Bruce	....	line producer
Eric Fellner	....	executive producer
Christopher Sheppard	....	producer

Original Music by
Osvaldo Golijov

Cinematography by
Sacha Vierny		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Hervé Schneid		(as Herve Schneid)

Casting by
Irene Lamb
Frédérique Moidon		(as Frederique Moidon)

Production Design by
Carlos Conti

Art Direction by
Laurent Ott
Ben Scott

Set Decoration by
Maggie Gray
Philippe Turlure

Costume Design by
Lindy Hemming

Makeup Department
Jan Archibald	....	chief hair designer
Anita Burger	....	hair stylist
Gérard Carrissimoux	....	hair stylist (as Gerard Carrissimoux)
Reynald Desbant	....	hair stylist
Beya Gasmi	....	chief hair stylist
Karina Gruais	....	makeup artist
Melissa Lackersteen	....	makeup artist
Chantal Leothier	....	makeup artist
Sylvie Lonchamp	....	makeup artist
Morag Ross	....	chief makeup designer
Loulia Sheppard	....	hair stylist
Liz Tagg	....	hair stylist: Christina Ricci (as Elizabeth Tagg)
Liz Tagg	....	makeup artist: Christina Ricci (as Elizabeth Tagg)
Nathalie Tissier	....	chief makeup artist

Production Management
Jeanette Haley	....	post-production supervisor
Michael Manzi	....	production manager: Adventure Pictures
Patrick Millet	....	production manager
Rachel Neale	....	production manager
Michelle Wright	....	executive in charge of production: Working Title

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jerome Borenstein	....	first assistant director
Ben Howarth	....	second assistant director
Christopher Newman	....	first assistant director (as Chris Newman)
Janet Nielsen	....	third assistant director
Sue Wood	....	crowd assistant director (as Susan Wood)
Iris Wong	....	third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Carl Apsey	....	carpenter (as Karl Apsey)
Leon Apsey	....	head carpenter
Pierre Bandini	....	dressing props
François Barre	....	assistant dressing props (as Francois Barre)
Malcolm Bensted	....	storeman (as Sulaiman Malcolm Bensted)
Bruce Bigg	....	supervising propman
Peter Bigg	....	dressing props
Bernard Boivin	....	construction manager
Dennis Bovington	....	carpenter
Alan Brooks	....	carpenter (as Alan P. Brooks)
David Bubb	....	construction manager (as Dave Bubb)
Alastair Bullock	....	draughtsman (as Al Bullock)
David Carter	....	painter
Guy Chouard	....	painter
Daniel Clerici	....	carpenter (as Daniel Clereci)
Olivier Crespin	....	chargehand stand-by props
Stéphane Cressend	....	second assistant art director (as Stephane Cressend)
Jean Dambrin	....	carpenter
John Davey	....	supervising scenic painter
Patrick Delmas	....	carpenter
Anne Dolet	....	sculptor
Michael R. Driscoll	....	stagehand (as Michael Driscoll)
Dean Dunham	....	scenic painter
Stephane Fortier Durand	....	draper trainee
Alex Dury	....	art department assistant
Gregory Eck	....	assistant dressing props
Lee Edwards	....	carpenter
Ronald Fallen	....	painter
Eric Frion	....	carpenter
Christian Giambasi	....	painter (as Christian Giambiasi)
David Gibson	....	carpenter
Isabelle Globensky	....	sculptor
Jonathan Godfrey	....	carpenter
Matthew Gray	....	assistant art director
Christian Guillebaud	....	carpenter (as Christian Guillebaut)
Bertrand Guinnebault	....	painter
Pascal Guyot	....	carpenter
Bruno Hadjadj	....	stand-by props
Peter Hammond	....	stand-by painter
Bill Hargreaves	....	stand-by props (as Billy Hargreaves)
Yann Haugomat	....	sculptor
Brian Higgins	....	carpenter
Jason Hopperton	....	props trainee
Jean-François Juvanon	....	painter
Jacques Kazandian	....	head draper (as Jacques Kazandjian)
Yannis Kyroglou	....	painter
Ronald Lattimore	....	painter
Michael Law	....	carpenter
Patrick Lepetit	....	painter
Christian Lionel	....	carpenter (as Lionel Christian)
Bert Long	....	carpenter (as Albert Long)
Jérôme Magne	....	carpenter (as Jerome Magne)
Andrea Matheson	....	art department assistant
Daniel Mauvignier	....	head painter
Gary McCarthy	....	painter (as Gary Mccarthy)
Kevin McCarthy	....	painter (as Kevin Mccarthy)
Laurent Micheletti	....	painter
Nick Milner	....	dressing props (as Nicholas Milner)
Jacques Moissignac	....	assistant dressing props (as Jacques Moissinac)
Igor Mollet	....	head carpenter
Philip Morris	....	stagehand
James Muir	....	stand-by stagehand
Keith Muir	....	chargehand stagehand
Miguel Nougier	....	assistant dressing props
Wolfgang Osterholzer	....	carpenter
Allen Pack	....	stand-by carpenter
Steve Payne	....	chargehand dressing props
Caroline Platiau	....	draper trainee
Alba Ponce	....	letter painter
Adeline Praizner	....	draper trainee
Graeme Purdy	....	props master
Arnaud Putman	....	assistant props buyer
Jacques Quinternet	....	props buyer
Stanislas Robiolle	....	painter
Roger Saillard	....	head carpenter
Bob Sherwood	....	chargehand stand-by props (as Robert Sherwood)
Michael Simpson	....	carpenter
Lucinda Sturgis	....	production buyer
Michael Traynor	....	carpenter
Roman Turlure	....	art department trainee
Bettina von den Steinen	....	second assistant art director (as Bettina Von Den Steinen)
Barry Weller	....	carpenter
Dean Weller	....	carpenter
Peter Wells	....	stagehand
Stephen Weston	....	wood machinist
Paul Whitelock	....	painter
Patrick Widdrington	....	construction manager
Jean Wirth	....	sculptor
Marianna Zentchenko	....	second assistant art director
Lionel Pouchard	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Toby Shears	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Dicken Warner	....	thatcher (uncredited)

Sound Department
Nigel Bennett	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Ricky Butt	....	foley artist
Sophie Chiabaut	....	boom operator
Ed Colyer	....	foley mixer
Peter Cowasji	....	sound assistant (as Peter Cowajji)
Richard Fordham	....	assistant sound editor
Pauline Griffiths	....	foley artist
Peter Holt	....	foley editor
Alex Joseph	....	assistant sound editor
Eddy Joseph	....	supervising sound editor
Dominic Lester	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nick Lowe	....	dialogue editor
Steve Mayer	....	assistant sound editor
Jean-Paul Mugel	....	sound mixer
Robin O'Donoghue	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Seddon	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Stéphane Soye	....	sound assistant (as Stephane Soye)
Richard Street	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
David Tyler	....	assistant foley mixer
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Nigel Mills	....	supervising sound editor: final mix (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Alain Couty	....	special effects
Jeremy Lovett	....	special effects assistant
Dominic Tuohy	....	special effects supervisor
Olivier Zenenski	....	special effects
Dave Crownshaw	....	snow effects supervisor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Christophe Belena	....	digital scanning supervisor: Duboicolor
Coralie Boulay	....	scan assistant: Duboicolor
Andre Brizard	....	operator: Dutruc, Duboicolor
Solena Collignon	....	operator: Matador, Duboicolor (as Solen Collignon)
Claire Coutelle	....	digital color grader: Duboicolor
Thierry Delobel	....	operator: Dutruc, Duboicolor
Séverine De Wever	....	special effects project supervisor: Duboicolor (as Severine De Wever)
François Dupuy	....	digital transfers: Duboicolor
Rip Hampton O'Neil	....	technical director: Duboicolor
Alexandre Jeanneret	....	digital title designer: Duboicolor
Alexandre Kolasinski	....	operator: Matador, Duboicolor
Antoine Lhoullier	....	operator: Dutruc, Duboicolor (as Antoine Lhouiller)
Tina Lin	....	digital title designer: Duboicolor
Jean-Francois Michelas	....	operator: Dutruc, Duboicolor
Marc Paccosi	....	special effects supervisor: Duboicolor (as Marco Paccosi)
Sebastien Rame	....	operator: Dutruc, Duboicolor
Antoine Simkine	....	chief executive officer: Duboicolor
Daniel Trujillo	....	operator: Dutruc, Duboicolor
Edouard Valton	....	special effects production manager: Duboicolor
Tommaso Vergallo	....	production manager: Duboicolor
Veronique Zylberfain	....	digital title designer: Duboicolor
Xavier Fourmond	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: Double Negative (uncredited)
Rudi Holzapfel	....	digital effects supervisor: Double Negative (uncredited)
Steve MacPherson	....	technical operations manager: Double Negative (uncredited)

Stunts
Laurent Alexandre	....	stunt double: Johnny Depp
David Anders	....	stunt performer
Joëlle Baland	....	stunt coordinator (as Joelle Baland)
Andy Bradford	....	stunt coordinator
Richard Bradshaw	....	stunt performer
Gary Connery	....	stunt performer
Gabe Cronnelly	....	stunt performer
Derek Lea	....	stunt performer
Pascal Madura	....	stunt coordinator (as Pascal 'Chino' Madura)

Camera and Electrical Department
Keith Batterbee	....	rigger
Barry Bellotti	....	generator operator (as Barry Bilotti)
Grietje Besteman	....	underwater assistant camera (as Grietje Besterman)
Fabrice Bourderioux	....	grip
Tony Cardenas	....	rigging electrician
Marc Casi	....	grip
Shaun Cobley	....	Steadicam loader
Ian Coffey	....	film loader: second unit
Jim Crowther	....	head unit grip
Stéphane Cry	....	electrician (as Stephane Cry)
Mark Dijkmeijer	....	practical electrician
Alain Dondin	....	best boy
Roland Dondin	....	best boy
Dave Escoffery	....	electrician (as David Escoffery)
Jean-Pierre Gesbert	....	grip
Philippe Guermouh	....	generator operator (as Philippe Guermouth)
André Haidant	....	key grip (as Andre Haidant)
Gérard Haidant	....	grip (as Gerard Haidant)
Steve Hall	....	camera operator: third unit
Tony Hannington	....	electrician
James Knox	....	rigger
Brad Larner	....	focus puller: third unit
Jean-Claude LeBras	....	gaffer (as Jean-Claude Lebras)
Sébastien Leclercq	....	Steadicam focus puller (as Sebastien Leclercq)
Francois Le Goff	....	camera trainee
John Melville	....	practical electrician
Valentin Monge	....	Steadicam operator
Dean Morrish	....	underwater focus puller
Peter Mountain	....	still photographer
Ronnie Phillips	....	best boy
Cyrille Pierron	....	grip
Vincent Plaidy	....	second assistant camera
Luke Redgrave	....	Steadicam focus puller
Kate Robinson	....	Steadicam operator
Steve Sansom	....	stand-by rigger
Jean-Pierre Supe	....	focus puller
Carole Tizon	....	camera loader
Mike Valentine	....	underwater camera operator
Yves Vandermeeren	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Timothy Shanahan	....	breakdown artist (as Tim Shanahan)

Casting Department
Mary Colquhoun	....	casting director: US
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting
Annick Hemon	....	casting director: Romany
Andreas Meszaros	....	extras casting
Helene Pautre	....	casting assistant
Lucy Townsend	....	casting assistant
Iris Wong	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eric Bigot	....	dresser
Vicky Clark	....	wardrobe assistant
Andrea Cripps	....	wardrobe assistant
David Crossman	....	wardrobe supervisor
Amanda Derby	....	wardrobe assistant
Sandrine Douat	....	assistant dresser
Jacqueline Durran	....	first assistant costume designer
Carin Hoff	....	assistant costume designer
Janet Latimer	....	dresser (as Janet Fiona Latimer)
Jacques Mazuel	....	dresser
Karen Muller Serreau	....	wardrobe mistress
Sebastian Perrone	....	dresser
Véronique Portebois	....	assistant dresser (as Veronique Portebois)
Guy Speranza	....	assistant costume designer
Silvana Sacco	....	costume effects artist (uncredited)
Dominic Young	....	costume maker (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Phil Ashton	....	color timer
Tania Clarke	....	second assistant editor
Simon Cozens	....	first assistant editor
Yvan Lucas	....	color timer
Isabelle Proust	....	first assistant editor
Natasha Pym	....	second assistant editor
Steve Harrow	....	post-production consultant (uncredited)

Music Department
Matthew Barr	....	assistant music editor
Ivan Chandler	....	music supervisor
Sophie Cornet	....	assistant music editor
Sian Edwards	....	opera music coordinator
Terry Edwards	....	chorus director: The Royal Opera Chorus
Fred Frith	....	musician: guitars
David Frost	....	opera music producer
Andrew Glen	....	music editor (as Andy Glen)
Christopher Laurence	....	musician: double bass
Tony Lewis	....	assistant music editor
Jill Meyers	....	music licensing consultant
Sally Potter	....	music producer
Amos Field Reid	....	music coordinator: Adventure Pictures
Mike Ross-Trevor	....	music mixer
Mike Ross-Trevor	....	music recordist
Christopher Sheppard	....	executive music producer
Bob Thompson	....	music consultant: Mr. Golijov (as Robert Thompson)
Jenny Took	....	music coordinator
Vasko Vassilev	....	concert master: The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Salvatore Licitra	....	singing voice: "Dante" (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Felix Baudouin	....	driver
Mathias Bocquillon	....	driver
Hélène Chalant	....	driver
Fred Chiverton	....	driver
David Crenn	....	driver
Mick Crowley	....	driver
Colin Davies	....	driver
Stéphane Floc'h	....	driver (as Stephane Floc'h)
Martin Grange	....	vehicle consultant
Yahn Jeannot	....	driver
Paul Jones	....	driver
Phil Knight	....	driver (as Philip Knight)
Dave Manning	....	transportation manager
Jerry O'Connor	....	driver
Nicolas Ploux	....	driver
Ken Price	....	driver
Laurent Rizzon	....	transportation manager
Bob Sachs	....	driver
Marc-Antoine Trani	....	driver
Gerry Turner	....	driver
R.J. Turner	....	driver (as RJ Turner)

Other crew
Betty Ainslie	....	assistant accountant
Alex Alexander	....	stand-in: Oleg Yankovsky
Colette Appleby	....	stand-in: Cate Blanchett
Felicia Banu	....	liaison: Romany
John Bartram	....	utility stand-in
Francois Bell	....	floor runner
Xavier-David Benkemoun	....	location scout
Barbara Berkery	....	dialect coach
Ludovic Beurton	....	location trainee
Fabio Cardascia	....	utility stand-in
David Crenn	....	runner
Sébastien Darbois	....	extras handler (as Sebastien Darbois)
Bill Darby	....	location manager
Alexis Delage-Toriel	....	publicist
Aaron De Luca	....	production assistant
Alain Dominiecki	....	accountant
Walter Donohue	....	story editor
Juliette Dow	....	assistant: Tim Bevan
Sonia Duclos	....	location trainee
Emmanuel Rondeau du Noyer	....	location scout (as Emmanuel Rondeau Du Noyer)
Penny Eyles	....	script supervisor
Duncan Flower	....	assistant location manager
Isabel Fonseca	....	consultant: Romany
Florence Forney	....	production coordinator
Diane Gelon	....	legal services
Cyril Gibbons	....	health and safety officer
Florence Grunfelder	....	stand-in: Christina Ricci
Marc Guidetti	....	location manager
Karen Halliday	....	utility stand-in
Jean-Pierre Hervé	....	operator: second unit (as Jean-Pierre Herve)
Mathieu Hiltzer	....	location trainee
Rachel Holroyd	....	head of business affairs: Working Title
Sébastien Jacquet	....	stand-in: Johnny Depp (as Sebastien Jacquet)
Nicky Jarvis	....	nurse (as Nicola Gregory Jarvis)
Kate Jones	....	assistant: Christina Ricci
Stephane Karo	....	manager: Taraf de Haïdouks
Bridget Kenningham	....	location assistant
Donald Kenrick	....	consultant: Romany
Nina Khobiashvili	....	interpreter: Russian
Nina Khoshaba	....	company coordinator: Working Title
Lisa-Kim Ling Kuan	....	accountant
Jean Labille	....	locksmith
Jacky Lansley	....	choreographer
Francis Lebrun	....	locksmith
Marc Le Campion	....	location trainee
Emmanuel Libermann	....	location trainee
Daniel Lipnik	....	consultant: lip-synching
Mario Luraschi	....	horse master
Chantal Malrat	....	production administrator (as Chantal Malrat-Atanassian)
Steve Masters	....	graphic consultant
Xavier Menut	....	stand-in: John Turturro
Sophie Mollier	....	nurse
Roanne Moore	....	production coordinator
Elodie Morales	....	extras handler
Angela Morrison	....	chief operating officer: Working Title
Lindsey Muse	....	stand-in: Claudia Lander-Duke
Josephine Olive-O'Neill	....	assistant accountant
Nicolas Ploux	....	runner
Amos Field Reid	....	assistant: Sally Potter
Jane Robinson	....	opera coach
Emmanuel Roussille	....	location scout
Dominique Sellier	....	stand-in: Harry Dean Stanton
Helen Slaymaker	....	stand-in: Christina Ricci
Frédéric Sobczak	....	assistant location manager (as Frederic Sobczak)
Dathi Sveinbjarnarson	....	floor runner
Marie-Pierre Thomas	....	historical advisor
Samantha Thomas	....	location assistant
Lara Thompson	....	assistant: Eric Fellner
Julian Tomlin	....	head of finance: Working Title
Kevin Trehy	....	financial controller
Pierre Turquet	....	floor runner
Françoise Valentine	....	underwater communications nurse (as Francoise Valentine)
Pablo Verón	....	choreographer: Romany cafe (as Pablo Veron)
Harvey Waller	....	production runner
Michel Winter	....	manager: Taraf de Haïdouks
Mireille Wozny	....	stand-in: Cate Blanchett
Douglas Yates	....	health & safety officer
Arnaud Cafaxe	....	runner (uncredited)
Dominique Green	....	production executive (uncredited)
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative (uncredited)
Arnaud Mathey-Dreyfus	....	set runner (uncredited)
Joan Washington	....	pre-production coach (uncredited)

Thanks
Diane Balser	....	special thanks
Brigitte Brauner	....	special thanks: Marie De Paris (as Madame Brigitte Brauner)
Alexandra Cann	....	special thanks
Julie Christie	....	special thanks
Adrienne Clarkson	....	special thanks
Robyn Davidson	....	special thanks
Peter Gelb	....	special thanks
Dominique Green	....	special thanks
Mark Halloran	....	special thanks
Monsieur Jean-Pierre Haubensack	....	special thanks: France Rail Publicite
Julian Henriques	....	special thanks
Charles Moore	....	special thanks
Simon Perry	....	special thanks
Hugo Rolo	....	special thanks
Tony Safford	....	special thanks
Pierre Selinger	....	special thanks
Betty Mary Sheppard	....	in loving memory
Parminder Vir	....	special thanks
Bart Walker	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Canal+ (as Studio Canal) (A Canal+ Company) (presented by)
• Universal Pictures (presented by)
• Adventure Pictures (in association with)
• Working Title Films

Distributors

• Universal Focus (2001) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures (2004) (USA) (TV) (as Universal)
• BIM Distribuzione (????) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Mars Distribution (????) (France) (theatrical)
• United King Films (????) (Israel) (theatrical)
• Europa Filmes (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Planet Media Home Entertainment (????) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2001) (Finland) (VHS)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2004) (Finland) (TV)

Special Effects

• Duboi (visual effects) (as Duboicolor)
• Double Negative (CGI)
• Snow Business International (snow effects)

Other Companies

• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• 24/25 Virtuel  editing equipment (as Virtuel 24/25)
• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  insurance (as AON/Albert G. Ruben)
• Alter Ego  adr voice casting
• Angels the Costumiers  costumiers (as Angels Costumes)
• Artistic Palace  editing facility
• BBC Worldwide  sound archives: New recording licensed by
• Blowup  stills processing
• British Screen Finance Ltd.  developed with the assistance of
• Casting Collective  extras casting (uncredited)
• Central Color  stills processing
• Cinefood  caterering (as Cine Food)
• Copyright Societe Nouvelle D'Exploitation De La Tour Eiffel  special thanks: Eiffel Tower lighting
• Cosprop  costumiers (as Cosprop)
• Duboi  digital color correction (as Duboicolor)
• Euro Signal Distribution  special thanks
• Faber and Faber  publisher: screenplay
• Forest Enterprise Bourne Wood  special thanks
• France Rail Publicite  special thanks
• France Télécom  special thanks
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Global Music Service  music copying and preparation (as Global Music Services)
• International Film Guarantors  completion guarantor
• Iris Camera  camera & lenses
• Jewish Music Distribution  special thanks
• L'A.S.A.V.  special thanks
• La Gendarmerie Nationale  special thanks
• Lee Lighting  lighting (uncredited)
• Midnight Transfer  editing facility
• Musicalities Limited  music management and supervision
• PIE  line production services: France
• Prefecture De Police De Paris  special thanks
• Set Meals  catering
• Shepperton Film Studios  re-recorded at
• Sony Classical  soundtrack available on
• Sony Music Soundtrax  soundtrack (uncredited)
• Steeple Post Production Services  post-production consultant
• Sylvia Wheeler Film Services  negative cutting
• The Rac Club  special thanks

Also Known As:

The man who cried - Les larmes d'un homme (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality.

Runtime:

100 min | Italy:97 min (Venice Film Festival)

Country:

UK | France

Language:

English | Yiddish | Russian | French | Italian | Romany | Romanian

Color:

Black and White | Color (Duboicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | USA:R (certificate #37649) | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Canada:14A (video rating) | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Hong Kong:IIB | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Bourne Woods, Farnham, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

The actors/musicians that play Cesar's family are members of the Romanian music group Taraf de Haidouks.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the scene where Suzie is following Cesare and his friends on her bike, they go through a passage where you can see the Eiffel Tower in the background and it is lit up. However, the lights were not added to the Tower until 1986.

Quotes:

Lola: One should never look back. One should never regret. Never.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Cinemania: I anodos kai i ptosi tou Nazismou" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Torna a Surriento

Grade: B-

Christina Ricci sings more than she speaks in the movie, but she manages to hold your attention nevertheless for a pretty solid hour and a half in this well-acted and profound, but uneven period piece. Sally Potter, who also directed the similarly problematic "Orlando", clearly has the visual and thematic talent to be a much better respected director than she is - she just needs to learn how to tell a story.

The first forty minutes of the film, which begins in the year 1927, are absolutely masterful. The sublime Claudia Lander-Duke plays young Fegele, an impoverished Russian-Jewish girl whose beloved father decides to journey to America in search of a better life. After that, Fegele and her family are set upon by unnamed bad guys (probably either Cossacks or Communists), and Fegele is separated from them. She ends up on an ocean liner bound for England, where her name is changed to Susan, she is adopted by an English family that doesn't understand her, and she is forced to begin the process of assimilation.

Flash forward ten years or so (Potter is regrettably and consistently unspecific about such things). Fegele (now Suzie and now played by Christina Ricci, she of the large, expressive eyes) wants to be a showgirl so she can earn money to go to America and find her father. She auditions and is accepted by a group based out of Paris. Once in Paris, she rooms and becomes tight with fellow showgirl Lola (Cate Blanchett), a somewhat vapid and materialistic creature with no ambition save that of landing a rich man - which she manages to do in the form of opera singer and Mussolini supporter Dante Dominio (John Turturro, in one of his better performances). Around the same time, Suzie meets and falls in love with Cesare (Johnny Depp), the leader of a band of gypsies.

Once all the dominoes are in place, Potter wastes no time in knocking them down. You can see trouble coming a mile away: Lola, Suzie's one confidant who is aware of her Jewish ancestry, begins falling under the emotional and political spell of anti-Semitic, gypsy-hating fascist Dante. Meanwhile, the Nazis have invaded Poland and, despite everyone's self-assured predictions that they'll stop there, the French border is neither geographically nor historically distant. Suddenly, it's a race against time for all involved, but especially for Suzie - will she stay behind with her gypsy king, or, given a choice, will she escape certain death? The problem with all of this is that it's all so familiar. Potter adds nothing to the old story. There are some wonderful messages in this film about multiculturalism, nationalism, and the sometimes subtle nature of fascism, but if you don't care about the story you're not going to be interested in listening to the messages. The gypsy subplot, for instance, seems tacked on, like it was an excuse to give Ricci a love interest and have him be played by Johnny Depp.

The really interesting plot line here involves Lola and Dante, and I would pay ten dollars to see a movie that was just about them. Both Blanchett and Turturro create real, flesh-and-blood human beings, and it's in their scenes that Potter's writing really soars. Watching Dante sink deeper and deeper into a political philosophy fueled by his own insecurity while the irrepressibly optimistic Lola tries to turn a blind eye to it all is a fascinating and marvelous experience.

Ricci gives a good performance too, although occasionally that Valley Girl tone she uses in most of the rest of her movies slips out a little too much here and there. Fortunately, Potter doesn't give the shy, quiet Suzie very much to say. Most of her acting is done with her eyes, and she's really quite good. Johnny Depp does what he can with Cesare, but there's only so much an actor can accomplish when playing a plot device.

Art direction, music, and cinematography were all top-drawer. As is par for the course with Sally Potter's films, it looked good and had some interesting things to say. I just wish it had been more compelling.