Sam & Me

Name: Sam & Me
Genre: Drama
Released: 1991
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 8

1991 · 94 min

Drama

★ 8.0

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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.

Crew

Director Deepa Mehta
Screenplay Ranjit Chowdhry
Director of Photography Guy Dufaux

Cast

Ranjit Chowdhry
Nikhil "Shwartza" Parikh
P
Peter Boretski
Sam "Zayda" Cohen
Om Puri
Chetan Parikh
Heath Lamberts
Morris Cohen
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Baldev
Javed Jaffrey
Xavier (as Javid Jafri)
J
Jolly Bader
Ali Akbar
L
Leonard Chow
Keith Wong
M
Marcia Diamond
Hannah Cohen
Gina Wilkinson
Mariana
Howard Jerome
Mr. Klugman
L
Lance Koyata
Takahito

Crew

Director — Deepa Mehta
Screenplay — Ranjit Chowdhry
Director of Photography — Guy Dufaux

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