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Actors: Summer Phoenix, Ian Holm, Fabrice Desplechin, László Szabó, Emmanuelle Devos
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Esther Kahn |
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ESTHER KAHN is a French/British production cowritten and directed by Arnaud Desplechin in 2000.
Esther Kahn is one of the three daughters of Ytzhok Kahn, a small Jewish tailor working in a poor district of London. Esther works in the family business but is already rather an eccentric figure in the family. She doesn't read, barely knows to write and likes to observe and imitate people. After having seen a play in a local Jewish theatre, she finally knows what she wants to do with her life: she will become a stage actress.
A few months later, Esther gets a walk-on part in a production and leaves the family apartment. Helped by the old actor Nathan Quellen, she will practice alone at night and soon manages to earn her life in the business. She becomes a reliable understudy for leading actresses and, thanks to the writer Philippe Haygard, gets the leading part of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Esther Kahn |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 19th century
Getting ahead in:
- entertainment world
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- actor
Training/apprentice story
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- actor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- Full Frontal
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Jewish
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- writer
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- blonde
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- seeing breasts
- seeing full frontal--women
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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