Tickling Leo
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When Zak and his girlfriend Delphina visit his estranged father for Yom Kippur in the Catskills, they find him suffering from dementia and inadvertently uncover a dark family secret from WWII: an impossible sacrifice Zak's grandfather (Eli Wallach) made to join Rudolf Kasztner's controversial freedom train out of Hungary. Tickling Leo is a contemporary drama that follows three generations of a Jewish family whose secrets threaten to wipe away its future.
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Inspired by the World War II Kasztner Affair, this family drama begins like most family dramas with a father-son disconnect. However, the film manages to change the game when adding a family secret subplot based on actual WWII events. To our delight, Eli Wallach (an actor finding a second coming as of recently) works wonders as the protagonist's grandfather.

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Film Details
91 mins -
Cast:
  • Eli Wallach
    ... Emil Pikler
  • Daniel Sauli
    ... Zak Pikler
  • Annie Parisse
    ... Delphina Adams
  • Lawrence Pressman
    ... Warren Pikler
  • Ronald Guttman
    ... Robert Pikler
  • Victoria Clark
    ... Madeleine Pikler
Crew:
  • Director:
    Jeremy Davidson
  • Writer:
    Jeremy Davidson
  • Producers:
    Paul Schnee
  • Producers:
    Mary Stuart Masterson
  • Producers:
    Steven Weisman
  • Producers:
    Jeremy Davidson
  • Producers:
    Peter C.B. Masterson
Film Reviews:
  • "Catches hold, and will stick with you for days."
    The New Jew Blog
  • "Davidson handles the material with candor, sensitivity, goodness and mercy."
    The Village Voice
Film Festivals:
  • Stony Brook Film Festival
Production Company:
Barn Door Pictures
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