Emotional Arithmetic

Emotional Arithmetic
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaolo Barzman
Written byJefferson Lewis (Screenplay)
Matt Cohen (Novel)
Produced bySuzanne Girard (BBR Productions [Bullet Proof])
Anna Stratton (Triptych Media [Heyday])
StarringSusan Sarandon
Christopher Plummer
Gabriel Byrne
Roy Dupuis
Max von Sydow
CinematographyLuc Montpellier
Edited byArthur Tarnowski
Music byNormand Corbeil
Distributed bySeville Pictures and Dreammachine
Image Entertainment (video)
Release dates
  • September 15, 2007 (2007-09-15) (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • April 18, 2008 (2008-04-18) (Canada)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Emotional Arithmetic is a 2007 Canadian drama film directed by Paolo Barzman, based on the novel by Matt Cohen, about the emotional consequences for three Holocaust survivors when they are reunited decades later. The film stars Gabriel Byrne, Roy Dupuis, Christopher Plummer, Susan Sarandon, and Max von Sydow. It opened at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 15, 2007, and was released, in Canada, on April 18, 2008.

When released by Image Entertainment on DVD in the US, on July 22, 2008, the film's title differed from that of its theatrical release; the US DVD is called Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning.[1]

  1. ^ "Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning". Image Entertainment, Product Information. image-entertainment.com. Retrieved 2008-05-16. Synopsis: Susan Sarandon, Max von Sydow, Gabriel Byrne and Christopher Plummer give powerful performances in this lyrical, moving drama about the consequences of war. The past has cast a long shadow over the present, reaching to the picturesque farm where the now-married Melanie (Sarandon) lives unhappily with her husband (Plummer). When Melanie invites fellow Holocaust survivor Jakob (von Sydow) to her home, he unexpectedly brings Christopher (Byrne), whose love for Melanie has never diminished since their confinement in an internment camp. Old feelings and long-suppressed memories are stirred up and revealed at a climactic, life-changing feast. [dead link‍]