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Sam & Me
Isn't friendship the darndest thing...
1991 | 94m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Deepa Mehta |
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| Writer: | Ranjit Chowdhry |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 01, 1991 |
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| Director: | Deepa Mehta |
| Writer: | Ranjit Chowdhry |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | woman director |
| Production Companies | Film4 Productions, Sunrise Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 19, 2026 Entered: May 04, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ranjit Chowdhry | Nikhil "Shwartza" Parikh |
| Peter Boretski | Sam "Zayda" Cohen |
| Om Puri | Chetan Parikh |
| Heath Lamberts | Morris Cohen |
| Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Baldev |
| Javed Jaffrey | Xavier (as Javid Jafri) |
| Jolly Bader | Ali Akbar |
| Leonard Chow | Keith Wong |
| Marcia Diamond | Hannah Cohen |
| Gina Wilkinson | Mariana |
| Howard Jerome | Mr. Klugman |
| Lance Koyata | Takahito |
| Andy Marshall | Vincent (as Andrew Marshall) |
| Kay Tremblay | Mrs. Rohrlich |
| Gene Mack | Lucas |
| John Edward Campbell | Jimmy Yarulewski |
| Johanna Kern | Mrs. Yarulewski (as Johanna Kern-Wronikowski) |
| Avi Phillips | Mikey Yarulewski |
| Max Beckford | Zack |
| Ratna Omidvar | Iranian Vendor |
| Pierre Gautreau | Cop #1 |
| Paul Massie | Cop #2 |
| Tova Gallimore | Dancer #1 |
| C.J. Lusby | Dancer #2 |
| Chandra Galasso | Student #1 |
| Marla Pinsky | Student #2 |
| John Comerford | Taxi Man (as Jon Comerford) |
| Les Nirenberg | Rabbi |
| Morris Phillips | Mourner |
| Bernie Grossman | Mourner |
| Bill Pearl | Mourner |
| Louis Stone | Mourner |
| Jack Newman | Mourner |
| David Wince | Mourner |
| Bruce Roney | Mourner |
| Roselle Stone | Mourner |
| Carrie Loring | Mourner |
| Devyani Saltzman | Girl in Sunglasses |
| Mark M. Cheung | Bus Passenger (uncredited) |
| Sharad Kumar | Actor (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Deepa Mehta | Director |
| Ranjit Chowdhry | Screenplay |
| Alison Reid | Stunts |
| Guy Dufaux | Director of Photography |
| Mark Korven | Original Music Composer |
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