Pomoćnik

OPIS

Its the turn of the century and jobs are hard to find. A young man assigns himself the job of a store clerk, without pay... only a place to sleep and eat... after he was manipulated by a hoodlum friend into robbing the mans store. Soon he falls in love with the very pragmatic store owners daughter who hesitates in giving her heart... or body. Nonetheless, the young man perseveres, much to the chagrin of her extremely Jewish mother who doesnt want her daughter marrying other than Jewish.

Summary written by BOB STEBBINS {stebinsbob@aol.com}

Daniel Petrie scripted and directed this Canadian-British film, an adaptation of the memorable 1957 Brooklyn-based novel by Brooklyn-born Bernard Malamud, author of The Natural. During the Depression, drifter Frank Alpine (Gil Bellows) and hobo Ward Minogue (Jaimz Woolvett) rob the small Bober family grocery. Minogue attacks frail Morris Bober (Armin Mueller-Stahl) because he has little money. Later, guilt sends Alpine back to the store, where he goes unrecognized and is hired by Bober as an assistant, despite the objections of Ida Bober (Joan Plowright). While Frank works the store, receiving miniscule wages, he falls for Bobers daughter, Helen (Kate Greenhouse), and Morris eventually learns who Frank really is. Shown at the 1997 Montreal World Film Festival. . Bhob Stewart


Razdoblje između dvaju svjetskih ratova i sveprisutna neimaština. Vrlo je teško naći posao. Mladi Frank Alpine živi kao beskućnik i spava među štakorima. Jedino što ima jest pištolj koji stalno nosi uza se radi samoobrane.
Sitni pljačkaš i probisvijet Ward Minogue nagovara Franka da opljačkaju trgovinu pićem. Ovaj nevoljko pristaje, daje pištolj Minogueu i premda ga peče savjest odlučuje plan provesti do kraja. Trgovina koju su kanili opljačkati zatvorena je ranije, pa prelaze na drugu stranu ulice kako bi orobili siromašnu prodavaonicu mještovitom robom. Minogue pištoljem udara starog vlasnika i oni bježe s mizernom lovinom. Frank se sutradan vraća kako bi starcu ponudio pomoć. Ovaj ga ne prepoznaje jer je za vrijeme pljačke preko lica imao maramu. Stari Bober isprva je sumnjičav, no postepeno počinje vjerovati Franku i dopušta da mu pomaže u prodaji. Frank ne traži naknadu za svoj rad, mučen osjećajem krivice zbog onoga šro je učinio u trenutku slabosti, no kako vrijeme prolazi zbližava se s g. Boberom, počinje raditi puno radno vrijeme i primati plaću. Polako se osamostaljuje, kupuje stan, a i zaljubi se u kćer svojega dobročinitelja. No, Boberi su stara židovska obitelj i majci teško pada što