The Believer (2001)

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Rating: R
Release Date: Jan 19, 2001
Running Time: 92 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
director: Henry Bean
synopsis
Inspired by real events, a tale about evolution and contradiction which tells the story of Danny Balint, who transformed himself from a Jewish religious student to a venerated principal in the Neo-Fascist political movement. Danny is an intense young man whose fierce intelligence and inexhaustible curiosity once made him a star pupil at his local Yeshiva. Now, at age 22, he focuses this intensity on more sinister aims, transforming himself from a religious student to a rising star in local neo-fascist circles, Danny spends his days attacking synagogues and fomenting hate among a devoted band of followers. In a series of twists and turns, Danny exhibits all the passion of the converted as he browses militia-movement web sites, utters hate-filled but articulate discourses on Judaism and its teachings, and promotes its ultimate destruction. At a neo-fascist organizing meeting at the home of Lina Moebius, Danny impresses people with his articulate violence, especially Lina's bright and complicated daughter, Carla, who is more interested in Danny's mind and passion then in her mother's politics. When his own suppressed identity seems likely to be revealed, he flees to a upstate training enclave, further galvanizing his desire to act out the vicious vilification subscribed to by him and his compatriots. But as events ensue and striking contradictions multiply, something in Danny's soul prompts a complex and incredible journey in which he is drawn back to Judaism.
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September 17, 2001
Here's the thing about The Believer, from screenwriter and first-time director Henry Bean: It's a fireball of contradictory ideas that will pin you to your seat. Danny Balint, played with astonishing ferocity and feeling by newcomer Ryan Gosling, is a young New York Jew - yeshiva-educated - who becomes a bullying, skin-headed, swastika-wearing neo-Nazi. Loaded with awards, including the Grand Jury prize at Sundance, The Believer is the most potent and provocative film of the year so far.

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A deeply conflicted 22-year-old Jewish man from a troubled family in New York commits acts of violence as a bullying skinhead and pushes proto-fascist agendas in spite of his religious passion.

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Based on actual events, The Believer tells the story of young ''Jewish Nazi'' Danny Belint, once a promising Yeshiva student from Queens. But now, disillusioned by Judaism, he is an active member of an anti-Semitic band of hoodlums who terrorize Jews and plan attacks against them. He also frequents… Continued

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Director
Danny Balint
Carla Moebius
Lina Moebius
Curtis Zampf
Billings
Carleton
Guy Danielson
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