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BELIEVER

Director:

  Henry Bean
  

Year Released:

  2001

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Ryan Gosling
  Ronald Guttman
  Summer Phoenix
  Theresa Russell
  Billy Zane
Movie Haiku:How does a bright Jewish student become a violent neo-Nazi? Danny, like most adolescent boys, wants to be a hero, but he’s tormented by the Holocaust: “heroes” are not “victims.” Unfortunately, Bean’s timing is all wrong. The “real” Danny supposedly died in 1965. By 2001, Danny has very different choices.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2002