Crossing Delancey
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| Crossing Delancey | |
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| Directed by | Joan Micklin Silver |
| Produced by | Michael Nozik |
| Written by | Susan Sandler (based on her play) |
| Starring | Amy Irving Peter Riegert Reizl Bozyk Jeroen Krabbé Sylvia Miles Rosemary Harris Amy Wright |
| Music by | Paul Chihara The Roches (songs) Sergei Prokofiev (from "Kije's Wedding") |
| Cinematography | Theo Van de Sande |
| Editing by | Rick Shaine |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | 24 August 1988 |
| Running time | 97 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Crossing Delancey is a romantic comedy film released in 1988. It is directed by Joan Micklin Silver and is based upon a play by Susan Sandler (Sandler also wrote the screenplay). It stars Amy Irving and Peter Riegert.
Amy Irving was nominated for Golden Globes' Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical.
Isabelle (played by Irving), is the manager of the New York independent bookstore, New Day Books, which supports authors through public readings. When the poet Anton Maes (played by Jeroen Krabbé) comes to the bookstore to give such a reading, he becomes interested in Isabelle.
Meanwhile, Isabelle is trying to resolve the conflict she feels between her desire to fit into the urbane environment offered by the bookstore and her more down-to-earth traditional Jewish up-bringings. Isabelle still finds time to spend with her traditional Bubbie (grandmother), portrayed by the noted actress of Yiddish theater, Reizl Bozyk.
Isabelle's male prospects include her ex-boyfriend who only shows up when his current girlfriend kicks him out of the house and Maes who beds all of his assistants (and sees Isabelle as his next conquest). Sensing this, Bubbie uses a traditional Jewish matchmaker to supply a third suitor for Isabelle, Sam Posner (played by Riegert), the man who runs the local pickle shop.
At first, Isabelle rejects Sam as his low-brow profession does not fit her yearnings for a sophisticated urban lifestyle. But over time, she starts seeing this nice guy as Mr. Right.
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