The First Seven Years


30m 1999

Brief Synopsis

Adaptation of Bernard Malamud's story set in a 1949 Jewish community of Manhattan's Lower East Side. Pragmatic shoemaker Feld and his wife dream of a better life for their daughter Miriam. Feld arranges a match between Miriam and Max, a local college boy, without knowing that Miriam is more interest

Film Details

Also Known As
First Seven Years
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
1999

Technical Specs

Duration
30m

Synopsis

Adaptation of Bernard Malamud's story set in a 1949 Jewish community of Manhattan's Lower East Side. Pragmatic shoemaker Feld and his wife dream of a better life for their daughter Miriam. Feld arranges a match between Miriam and Max, a local college boy, without knowing that Miriam is more interested in the shoemaker's assistant Sobel, a Holocaust survivor who is 16 years her senior.

Film Details

Also Known As
First Seven Years
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
1999

Technical Specs

Duration
30m

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