Overview
23-year-old Nikhil comes to Canada from India to find his fortune and is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elderly Jewish man. An unlikely friendship ensues, which gives both men new insight into life.
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Ranjit ChowdhryScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 1, 1991
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- Canada
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Cast
Ranjit ChowdhryNikhil "Shwartza" Parikh- Peter BoretskiSam "Zayda" Cohen
Om PuriChetan Parikh
Heath LambertsMorris Cohen
Kulbhushan KharbandaBaldev
Javed JaffreyXavier (as Javid Jafri)- Jolly BaderAli Akbar
- Leonard ChowKeith Wong
- Marcia DiamondHannah Cohen
Gina WilkinsonMariana
Howard JeromeMr. Klugman- Lance KoyataTakahito
Andy MarshallVincent (as Andrew Marshall)
Kay TremblayMrs. Rohrlich- Gene MackLucas
- John Edward CampbellJimmy Yarulewski
- Johanna KernMrs. Yarulewski (as Johanna Kern-Wronikowski)
- Avi PhillipsMikey Yarulewski
Max BeckfordZack- Ratna OmidvarIranian Vendor
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