Me Ivan, You Abraham (; ) is a 1993 French-Belarusian film written and directed by Yolande Zauberman. It won the Award of the Youth (French film) at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival and the Golden St. George at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival; and was Belarus' submission for consideration for Best Foreign Film at the 67th Academy Awards. The film was also shown in 1993 at the 9th Warsaw International Film Festival and at the 10th Jerusalem Film Festival.
Plot In 1930s Poland, Christian boy Ivan goes to live with a Jewish family to learn a trade. He becomes friends with Abraham, the son of the family. However, anti-Semitism is rife in their environment, and they flee to escape an upcoming conflict. Journeying together, they demonstrate their inseparability.
Cast Roma Alexandrovitch - Abraham Aleksandr Yakovlev - Ivan Vladimir Mashkov - Aaron Mariya Lipkina - Rachel Hélène Lapiower - Reyzele Alexander Kalyagin - Mardoche Rolan Bykov - Nachman Zinovy Gerdt - Zalman Daniel Olbrychski - Stepan
Year-end list Top 10 (not ranked) – Howie Movshovitz, The Denver Post
See also List of submissions to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Belarusian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
Me Ivan, You Abraham at the 9th Warsaw International Film Festival of 1993.