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Focus (2001)

Focus (2001)

PG-13 106 minutes EN Drama
Everything is about to become very clear.
In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial persecution, they find themselves aligned with a local Jewish immigrant in a struggle for dignity and survival.
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William H. Macy
Lawrence 'Larry' Newman
Laura Dern
Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
David Paymer
Mr. Finkelstein
Kay Hawtrey
Mrs. Newman
Kenneth Welsh
Father Crighton
Peter Oldring
Willy Doyle
Joseph Ziegler
Mr. Gargan
Arlene Meadows
Mrs. Dewitt
Kevin Jubinville
Mr. Cole Stevens

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Production companies: Focus Productions Inc., Carros Pictures, Dog Pond Productions, Paramount Classics
Production countries: United States of America
Revenue: $645,418

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