Daniel

Daniel

1983 · 130 min · EN · R · 6.8 (25 votes)
Dir. Sidney Lumet · Starring Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Asner, Ellen Barkin, Julie Bovasso
Drama

The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.

VIBE

A quiet, thoughtful drama that feels like a dusty memory. It's a slow, introspective journey through a son's search for truth, weighed down by the past and the political turmoil of its era.

melancholicintrospectivesomberearnestslow-burnperiod dramacharacter-drivenlow-key realismidentityfamily legacypolitical disillusionmentjustice
based on novel or book1950satomic secrets
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