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Dominican Rep. Yentl
- Original title
- Yentl
- Year
- 1983
- Running time
- 128 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Barbra Streisand
Mandy Patinkin
Amy Irving
Nehemiah Persoff
Steven Hill
Allan Corduner
Miriam Margolyes- Ruth Goring
David de Keyser- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Musical. Drama. Romance | Romantic Drama. 1900s. Education
- Synopsis
- At the beginning of the XX century, in an Ashkenazic shtetl in Poland, Yentl Mendel (Barbra Streisand) is the boyishly klutzy daughter and only child of long widowed Rebbe Mendel, who teaches Talmud (a codification of Jewish Law) to local boys - and to Yentl, but secretly because girls were not allowed to learn the law in those days. When her father dies, Yentl is all alone in the world. She takes the momentous decision to leave the village and - disguised as a boy and calling herself by the name of her late brother, Anshel - seeks and gets admitted to a Yeshiva, to study the texts, traditions, subtleties and complexities of Torah, Talmud, etc. She befriends Avigdor (Mandy Patinkin) who is engaged to Haddas, but her family discovers his brother committed suicide so they call off the wedding (in case Avigdor possesses the same madness). Anshel then finds "him"-self in the awkward position of being called into service as substitute bridegroom, so that the wedding can go ahead and Haddas will have a husband.
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- Awards
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1983: Oscar: Best Adapted Soundtrack. 5 Nominations1983: 2 Golden Globes: Best Movie Comedy or Musical and Director. 6 Nom.1983: David di Donatello Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Producer (Streisand)1983: 3 Nominations for Razzie Awards: Worst Actor, Sup. Actress and Original Score1983: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Ten Films.
- Critics' reviews
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"It has a distinctive and surprising spirit. It's funny, delicate, and intense -- all at the same time."
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