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Release date: 29 February 2008 (aired
on IFC On Demand), November 25 on DVD
Director: Chad Lowe
Teleplay by: Ethan Canin
Also Starring: William Hurt, Rita Wilson,
Julianna Margulies, David Call,
Brett Davern.
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An entire family comes of age during the early 1970s. This family drama centers around a math prodigy who speaks his own language. Neither his family nor his girlfriend, are prepared for his darkest secret.
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"You're immediately in silence and in awe of him," she said, also by phone from Los Angeles. "I'm just staring at William; he's off camera and he's just going on (in character). I'm just speechless and staring at William. It wasn't so much starstruck as it was talent-struck. He makes so much out of every moment. And he's so lovely and so giving as an actor.""She's a very take-charge sort of girl," said Trachtenberg, who has appeared in episodes of TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Six Feet Under" as well as films "The Dive from Clausen's Pier" and "Harriet the Spy."
"She's extraordinary in the sense that she knows exactly the situation that she's in. She's very smart and sexy, and uses that to her advantage."
"I play the older son's lover. It's a couple of years in the life of these people and what happens, and how the older boy, the genius, goes to all of the math tournaments around Ohio. It's a beautiful story."
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Author Ethan Canin's original short story "Batorsag & Szerelem", which this movie is based on, originally took place in Iowa. When director Chad Lowe became interested in the project, and plans were made to film a movie based on the story, the action of "Batorsag & Szerelem" was moved to Shaker Heights, Ohio, which is a suburb of Cleveland.