"Isn't friendship the darndest thing..." 01 May 1991 Drama 94 mins
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.
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Ranjit Chowdhry as Nikhil "Shwartza" Parikh
Peter Boretski as Sam "Zayda" Cohen
Om Puri as Chetan Parikh
Heath Lamberts as Morris Cohen
Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Baldev
Javed Jaffrey as Xavier (as Javid Jafri)
Jolly Bader as Ali Akbar
Leonard Chow as Keith Wong
Marcia Diamond as Hannah Cohen
Gina Wilkinson as Mariana
Howard Jerome as Mr. Klugman
Andy Marshall as Vincent (as Andrew Marshall)
Kay Tremblay as Mrs. Rohrlich
Gene Mack as Lucas
Johanna Kern as Mrs. Yarulewski (as Johanna Kern-Wronikowski)
Avi Phillips as Mikey Yarulewski
Alison Reid Stunts
Ranjit Chowdhry Screenplay
Deepa Mehta Director
Guy Dufaux Director of Photography
Mark Korven Original Music Composer
Canada 19 September 1991
France 01 May 1991
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