Who are the actors in Crossing Delancey movie?

Crossing Delancey is a 1988 American romantic comedy film starring Amy Irving and Peter Riegert. It is directed by Joan Micklin Silver and was based on a play by Susan Sandler, who also wrote the screenplay. Amy Irving was nominated for a Golden Globe for the movie, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical.

What kind of values does Crossing Delancey affirm?

It affirms the traditional values of marriage and companionship without being preachy, moralistic, or corny.

Where does Anton Maes live in Crossing Delancey?

When author Anton Maes comes to the bookstore to give a reading, he shows an interest in Isabelle, who is enamored with the intellectual world that is very different from her traditional Jewish upbringing. Isabelle pays frequent visits to her Bubbe (grandmother), Ida, who lives on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Who is the pickle man in Crossing Delancey?

Crossing Delancey. And the character of the pickle man is so seriously underwritten that he is literally given only one speech of any substance. The rest of the time he is simply a story device. It is hard to believe these two people could, or should, fall in love, because they have no communication of any depth or wit.

Who is Sam Posner in Crossing Delancey?

Trying to do something about that, her grandmother hires a marriage broker, and Isabelle ends up getting fixed up with a guy who sells pickles, Sam Posner (Peter Riegert). Isabelle is not very happy about it to begin with, since she is interested in the writer Anton Maes (Jeroen Krabbé), who does readings at the bookstore she works in.

Who is Anton Maes in Crossing Delancey?

If a man does enter her life, she will let it happen. Such is the case with “very separated” Anton Maes, a celebrated local writer whose outward bohemian attitude toward life she isn’t sure is actually a come-on or just the way he is as a person with everyone. She would like it to be the former.