“An immigrant boy of the Depression era soars above his family's tragedies.”
Based her grandfather’s boyhood in St. Louis, Yasmin Gorenberg tells a story of the pain passed from refugee parents to their children and the hope that can overcome it. “40 Nickels” captures the image of a generation of immigrants to the United States in the 1920’s and 1930’s and through that spotlights the effects of the 1919 pogroms in Eastern Europe. This is a film about parents and children: how trauma never leaves a family, and how hope and resilience is also passed down. It asks the question: Can a new generation look at the world with wonder rather than fear?
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Cast
23 people
Grayson Taylor
Norm
Also in
Broad City
Cinemaphobia
Carole Foreman
Bubbe
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Te'ena Klein
Ethel
Also in
The Red Marsh
Leo Grinberg
Itzik
Also in
The Frozen Ground
Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby
Catherine Ashmore Bradley
Sarah
Known for
City on a Hill
A Loud House Christmas
Kathleen Bernhard
Street Person
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Andy Boxold
School Boy
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Aubin Bradley
Sarah's Sister
Known for
Hello Tomorrow!
A Loud House Christmas
Lucas Cardona
Ice Cream Man
Also in
Holey Matrimony
Keira Coakley
School Girl
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Charles Goldfischer
Street Person
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Blake Goldstein
Irv
Also in
Eve
Yasmin Gorenberg Director · Myra Noveck Writer Noah Horowitz Composer
Budget $40K · United States release March 19, 2021 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$40,000
Production
Tisch School of the Arts (NYU)
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Yiddish
Release dates
United States · March 19, 2021
Theatrical · Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival