
1991 · Deepa Mehta · 94 min
Isn't friendship the darndest thing...
23-year-old Nikhil comes to Canada from India to find his fortune and is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elderly Jewish man. An unlikely friendship ensues, which gives both men new insight into life.
Ranjit ChowdhryNikhil "Shwartza" ParikhPeter BoretskiSam "Zayda" Cohen
Om PuriChetan Parikh
Heath LambertsMorris Cohen
Kulbhushan KharbandaBaldev
Javed JaffreyXavier (as Javid Jafri)Jolly BaderAli AkbarLeonard ChowKeith WongMarcia DiamondHannah Cohen
Gina WilkinsonMariana
Howard JeromeMr. KlugmanLance KoyataTakahito
Andy MarshallVincent (as Andrew Marshall)Kay TremblayMrs. RohrlichGene MackLucas