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    The Man Who Cried

    Sally Potter 2000 UK color 97min English DCP
    In 1972,a little Jewish girl, Fegele, lives happily with her father and grandmother in a Russian village. Soon after her father works in America, violence engulfs the village. She hopes to flee to America, but she ends up to England. She is re-named Suzie, receiving education and learning to sign. Ten years later, she signs in Paris chorus and befriends with Lola.She falls in love with gypsy Cesar, while Lola Dante. However, when the German army in vades Paris, Dante immedately collaborates with the Nazis and betrays Suzie. Suzie left and in the bombed ship to America, she is rescued but Lola drowns. Once in America, the way of searching for her father leads her to Hollywood.

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    Sally Potter

    Sally Potter's work as an artist from the early 1970's, embranced dance, performance, theatre, music and fim. Since her first major hit with Thriller(1979).Sally has concentrated on film and directed her first feature in 1983. The Gold Diggers, winning the Berlin International Film Festival. Sally went on to make the short. The London Story and several documentaries before the internationally acclaimed and multi award winning Orlando, taking her work to a global audience. This was followed by The Tango Lesson which again received international critical and audience acclaim and garnered several awards. In 2000 Sally wrote and directed The Man Who Cried which consolidated her position as a major player in world cinema. Sally has just finished principal photography on her new film, Yes, scheduled for completion in early 2004.

    Sally Potter

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