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Film / 1991
Sam & Me
Directed by
Deepa Mehta
23-year-old Nikhil comes to Canada from India to find his fortune and is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elderly Jewish man. An unlikely friendship ensues, which gives both men new insight into life.
The story
23-year-old Nikhil comes to Canada from India to find his fortune and is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elderly Jewish man. An unlikely friendship ensues, which gives both men new insight into life.
Cast
Ranjit ChowdhryNikhil "Shwartza" Parikh
Peter BoretskiSam "Zayda" Cohen
Om PuriChetan Parikh
Heath LambertsMorris Cohen
Kulbhushan KharbandaBaldev
Javed JaffreyXavier (as Javid Jafri)
Jolly BaderAli Akbar
Leonard ChowKeith Wong
Marcia DiamondHannah Cohen
Gina WilkinsonMariana
Howard JeromeMr. Klugman
Lance KoyataTakahito
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Andy MarshallVincent (as Andrew Marshall)
Kay TremblayMrs. Rohrlich
Gene MackLucas
John Edward CampbellJimmy Yarulewski
Johanna KernMrs. Yarulewski (as Johanna Kern-Wronikowski)
Avi PhillipsMikey Yarulewski
Max BeckfordZack
Ratna OmidvarIranian Vendor
Pierre GautreauCop #1
Paul MassieCop #2
Tova GallimoreDancer #1
C.J. LusbyDancer #2
Chandra GalassoStudent #1
Marla PinskyStudent #2
John ComerfordTaxi Man (as Jon Comerford)
Les NirenbergRabbi
Morris PhillipsMourner
Bernie GrossmanMourner
Bill PearlMourner
Louis StoneMourner
Jack NewmanMourner
David WinceMourner
Bruce RoneyMourner
Roselle StoneMourner
Carrie LoringMourner
Devyani SaltzmanGirl in Sunglasses
Mark M. CheungBus Passenger (uncredited)
Sharad KumarActor (uncredited)
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