Alan and Naomi (1991)
Directed by Sterling Van Wagenen
Genres - Drama, War |
Sub-Genres - Coming-of-Age, Psychological Drama |
Release Date - Jan 31, 1992 (USA) |
Run Time - 96 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Alan (Lukas Haas) is a typically streetwise Brooklyn teenager of the 1940s. Naomi (Vanessa Zaoui) is a French-Jewish refugee of Nazi oppression, recently moved into the apartment above Alan's. Ever since witnessing the murder of her father, Naomi has remained in a catatonic state. Alan's well-meaning efforts to help the girl at first seem to do more harm than good. But eventually the boy's sincerity and hitherto untapped compassion win out, and the two young people form a strong, unbreakable bond. Alan & Naomi is based on a novel by Myron Levoy.
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catatonic, friendship, post-traumatic-stress, Holocaust, resistance-fighters, teenagers