

119 minutes
9/17/1985
Based on a novel by Mordecai Richler, allegedly his autobiography, it tells the story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to his more complicated grown-up life.

James Woods
as Joshua Shapiro

Gabrielle Lazure
as Pauline

Alan Arkin
as Reuben

Robert Joy
as Colin

Michael Sarrazin
as Kevin Hornby

Linda Sorensen
as Esther Shapiro

Alan Scarfe
as Jack Trimble

Alexander Knox
as Sen. Hornby

Ken Campbell
as Sidney Murdoch

Kate Trotter
as Jane Trimble

Chuck Shamata
as Seymour Kaplan

Harvey Atkin
as Dr. Jonathan Cole

Gordon Michael Woolvett
as Teddy Shapiro

Catherine Colvey
as Mrs. Abbott

Paul Hecht
as Eli Seligson
Andrew Powell
as Ralph Murdoch
Talya Rubin
as Susy Shapiro
Robert Howard
as Alex Shapiro

Kliment Denchev
as Bulgarian Poet
Alexandra Innes
as Joanna

Bronwen Mantel
as Mrs. Friar

Philip Pretten
as Mr. Friar