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Sam & Me

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Sam & Me

Isn't friendship the darndest thing...

6.0

1h 34m

1991

“Isn't friendship the darndest thing...”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Deepa Mehta

Drama

woman director

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Cast & Crew

Ranjit Chowdhry

Ranjit Chowdhry

as Nikhil "Shwartza" Parikh

Peter Boretski

as Sam "Zayda" Cohen

Om Puri

Om Puri

as Chetan Parikh

Heath Lamberts

Heath Lamberts

as Morris Cohen

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

as Baldev

Javed Jaffrey

Javed Jaffrey

as Xavier (as Javid Jafri)

Jolly Bader

as Ali Akbar

Leonard Chow

as Keith Wong

Marcia Diamond

as Hannah Cohen

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