Genres: Drama

Keywords: imdb.horse-drawn-sleigh, imdb.manure, imdb.ghetto, imdb.search, imdb.mustache, imdb.piano, imdb.sickness + 138 more, imdb.death-threat, imdb.awakening, imdb.door, imdb.boy-wears-eyeglasses, imdb.old-man, imdb.horse-and-wagon, imdb.man-wears-eyeglasses, imdb.handshake, imdb.tragic-event, imdb.name-calling, imdb.lie, imdb.1920s, imdb.montreal-quebec-canada, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.murder-threat, imdb.working-class, imdb.jewish-ghetto, imdb.junk-collector, imdb.religion, imdb.jewish-culture, imdb.money, imdb.bigger-dreams, imdb.ragman, imdb.5-year-old, imdb.little-boy, imdb.invention, imdb.peddler, imdb.torah, imdb.wager, imdb.sunday, imdb.marxist, imdb.antique-shop, imdb.little-girl, imdb.money-making-scheme, imdb.neighborhood, imdb.character-played-by-screenwriter, imdb.horse-manure, imdb.nostalgia, imdb.urban-setting, imdb.lying-on-a-bed, imdb.man-in-a-bed, imdb.woman-in-a-bed, imdb.scenes-during-opening-and-closing-credits, awards.oscar-nominated, awards.golden-globe-winner, awards.golden-globe-nominated, imdb.male-rear-nudity, imdb.man-with-a-beard, imdb.rag-and-bone-man, imdb.ragpicker, imdb.bookie, imdb.betting-parlor, imdb.yiddish, imdb.funeral-procession, imdb.bris, imdb.female-dog, imdb.cufflink, imdb.pant-crease, imdb.father-in-law-son-in-law-conflict, imdb.fishing-pole, imdb.religion-versus-science, imdb.jewish-family, imdb.breast-feeding, imdb.song-during-opening-and-closing-credits, imdb.female-topless-nudity, imdb.breast-suckling, imdb.business-venture, imdb.weekly-event, imdb.father, imdb.horse, imdb.boy, imdb.ends-with-death, imdb.pneumonia, imdb.child-swearing, imdb.rabbi, imdb.use-of-bloody-as-epithet, imdb.denial, imdb.prayer, imdb.climbing-stairs, imdb.counting-to-three, imdb.girl, imdb.promise, imdb.pregnancy, imdb.marriage, imdb.death-of-father-in-law, imdb.canada, imdb.neighbor, imdb.begins-with-a-dream, imdb.soda, imdb.sleep, imdb.looking-out-a-window, imdb.carrying-a-child, imdb.threat, imdb.baby-boy, imdb.forest, imdb.inventor, imdb.gate, imdb.bedroom, imdb.snow, imdb.written-by-cast-member, imdb.actress-shares-first-name-with-character, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.doctor, imdb.sexual-euphemism, imdb.prostitute, imdb.visit, imdb.dancing, imdb.cigar-smoking, imdb.record-player, imdb.euphemism, imdb.obscene-finger-gesture, imdb.mirror, imdb.apology, imdb.storm, imdb.combing-one-s-hair, imdb.rocking-chair, imdb.stable, imdb.fade-to-black, imdb.laughter, imdb.singing, imdb.umbrella, imdb.reference-to-thomas-edison, imdb.dog, imdb.cigarette-smoking, imdb.jew, imdb.nightmare, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.looking-in-a-window, imdb.death-of-grandfather, imdb.grandfather-grandson-relationship, imdb.rain, imdb.pregnant-animal, imdb.historical-event, imdb.independent-film, imdb.boy-rear-nudity, imdb.bare-bottom-spanking, aspectratio.1-85-1

Production companies: Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Columbia Pictures

Country: Canada
Languages: English