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Yentl

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Yentl
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PG,2hrs 14min
Genres:
Drama,Comedy,Romance
Released:
November 18, 1983
Director:
Barbra Streisand
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving  ...more
Synopsis: Barbra Streisand's directorial debut, Yentl, is a musical adaptation of a story by the beloved Jewish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer. Yentl (Streisand) is a young woman who wants nothing more than to study religious scripture. She is denied that possibility because she is a woman. She moves, passes herself off as a male named Anshel, and then begins her studies. She becomes close to fellow student Avigdor (Mandy Patinkin), eventually falling in love with him, although she can not reveal her true self ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Barbra Streisand's first directorial effort, Yentl, was met with wildly divergent reviews, with some viewing it as a deeply moving work of art and others deriding it as a ridiculous vanity production that played fast and loose with the Isaac Bashevis Singer story upon which it is based. There's plenty of evidence for both points of view. Detractors can point to an abundance of close-ups for the star, ... Full Review
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Barbra Streisand doing press for "Yentl" in 1983
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