Esther Kahn

Esther Kahn
Directed by	Arnaud Desplechin
Produced by	Alain Sarde
Written by	Arnaud Desplechin Emmanuel Bourdieu Arthur Symons, story
Starring	Summer Phoenix Ian Holm Fabrice Desplechin László Szabó Frances Barber
Narrated by	Ramin Gray
Music by	Howard Shore
Cinematography	Eric Gautier
Edited by	Hervé de Luze Martine Giordano
Distributed by	Why Not Productions
Release dates	18 May 2000 (Cannes) 1 March 2002 (USA)
Running time	142 minutes
Country	France United Kingdom
Language	English

Esther Kahn is the first English-language film by the French director Arnaud Desplechin. It premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival but was not distributed to the United States for two years until it played in New York City in 2002. Deplechin adapted the screenplay with regular collaborator Emmanuel Bourdieu from a short story by Arthur Symons of the same name from his book Spiritual Adventures. It stars Summer Phoenix as Esther and Ian Holm as her friend and teacher, Nathan Quellen.

Cast

• Summer Phoenix - Esther Kahn
• Ian Holm - Nathan Quellen
• Fabrice Desplechin - Philippe Haygard
• Akbar Kurtha - Samuel Kahn
• Frances Barber - Rivka Kahn
• László Szabó - Ytzhok Kahn
• Hilary Sesta - Buba
• Claudia Solti - Mina Kahn
• Berna Raif - Becky Kahn
• Emmanuelle Devos - Sylvia (the Italian woman)
• Paul Regan - Joel
• Arnold Brown - Rabbi
• Leon Lissek - Theatre manager
• Ian Bartholomew - Norton
• Samantha Lavelle - Christel
• Kika Markham - Trish
• Paul Ritter - Alman, the photographer

External links

• Esther Kahn at IMDb