Tickling Leo

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Summary:
In the days before Yom Kippur (aka the Day of Atonement), Zak Pikler takes his pregnant girlfriend, Delphina, to find his estranged father in the family drama Tickling Leo, written and directed by Jeremy Davidson. When they reach the man's home in the Catskills, Zak finds that his father has turned into a hermit and is suffering from dementia. But the problems in the pr... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Daniel Sauli - (Zak Pikler)
Annie Parisse - (Delphina)
Lawrence Pressman - (Warren Yitzchak Pikler)
Ronald Guttman - (Robert Pikler)
Victoria Clark - (Madeleine Pikler)
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Review:
On paper, Tickling Leo is about the Jewish tradition in America and the lingering aftershocks of the Holocaust, and, in particular, how the real-life "Sophie's Choice" story of the Kasztner Train, which shuttled a selection of Hungarian Jews to safety, impacted generations of emigrants. However, at its heart, the stark and poignantly small (e... Continue >>

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