Based on the book by Mordecai Richler. For specific added features see container or interactive features menu while viewing disc. Paul Giamatti, Macha Grenon, Paul Gross, Atom Egoyan, Mark Camacho, David Pryde, Mark Addy, Rachelle Lefevre, Thomas Trabacchi, Dustin Hoffman. Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.
Summary:
Barney Panofsky meets the great love of his life, Miriam, at the most inopportune time imaginable: his marriage to his second wife, a wealthy Jewish princess and compulsive shopper. Narrated by Barney as a confessional, the film covers 30 years of his unusual journey -- from his first marriage to the chronically unfaithful free spirit Clara and their life in Italy together, through his third marriage to Miriam, with whom he has two children. Standing in the wings is Barney's father, Izzy, who continues to stick by him as his loyal right-hand man. Through it all, Barney experiences numerous highs and lows, but manages to consistently surprise everyone with unforeseen acts of altruism and kindness that turn him into the quintessential modern hero.
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