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Tickling Leo is a 2009 independent drama film about three generations of a Jewish family whose silence about their past has kept them apart. The film was directed by Jeremy Davidson, and stars Lawrence Pressman, Daniel Sauli, Annie Parisse, Eli Wallach, Ronald Guttman and Victoria Clark.

Tickling Leo
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJeremy Davidson
Written byJeremy Davidson
Produced byMary Stuart Masterson, Steven Weisman, Peter C.B. Masterson, Paul Schnee, Jeremy Davidson
StarringLawrence Pressman
Daniel Sauli
Annie Parisse
Eli Wallach
Ronald Guttman
Victoria Clark
CinematographyPeter Masterson
Music byAbel Korzeniowski
Release date
  • September 4, 2009 (2009-09-04) (U.S. limited)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot


When Zak and his girlfriend Delphina visit his estranged father in the Catskills, they find him suffering from dementia and inadvertently uncover a dark family secret from World War II: an impossible sacrifice Zak's grandfather (Eli Wallach) made to join Rudolph Kasztner's controversial freedom train out of Hungary.


Cast



Release


Tickling Leo screened at the Stony Brook Film Festival on July 25, 2009 and then opened in Manhattan, Queens and on Long Island Theaters on September 4, 2009 with a simultaneous DVD release. The film continued on to play to audiences in NorthEast, Florida and California.


Critical reception


On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 33% based on reviews from 15 critics, with an average rating of 4.5/10.[1]


Awards



References


  1. "Tickling Leo (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  2. "Stony Brook Festival Winners 2009". Retrieved August 17, 2021.






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