Stockholm Film Festival

Attacking Jews by day and reading the Torah by night, Danny Balint lives a life in contradiction. The Believer is based on a true story about a yeshiva student who turned anti-Semite. Being both a good fighter and an intellectual with a gift for holding speeches, he wins fame and respect within extreme right-wing circles. Soon though, he is reminded of the fact that you can't escape from your past. He can live with it but the question is, can the rest of the world?

The Believer emerged from ideas that director Henry Bean had been developing for almost 20 years. Ryan Gosling portraits the tormented Danny in this well written story that raises important questions about intolerance but doesn't pretend to answer them. The Believer won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Festival this year.

Stefan Nordberg

Premiärstatus

Svensk premiär

Medverkande

Ryan Gosling, Summer Phoenix, Billy
Zane, Theresa Russell

Producent

Christopher Roberts, Susan Hoffman

Manus

Henry Bean

Foto

Jim Denault

Musik

Joel Diamond

Talat språk

English

 

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