Set in 1951, the story follows Marcus Messner, the idealistic son of a humble kosher butcher from Newark, N.J. Marcus leaves for Ohio to study at a small, conservative college, where he finds himself at odds with the administration, grapples with anti-Semitism and sexual repression and pines after a troubled girl.
Release Date: 29 July 2016Runtime: 110 min
Stars:
- Ben Rosenfield
- Bryan Burton
- Danny Burstein
- Doris McCarthy
- Joanne Baron
- Linda Emond
- Logan Lerman
- Margo Kazaryan
- Melanie Blake Roth
- Noah Robbins
- Philip Ettinger
- Samuel Dunning
- Sarah Gadon
- Susan Varon
- Tracy Letts
Director: James Schamus
