Crossing Delancey (1988) on Netflix
Isabelle Grossman works at a Manhattan bookstore and lives alone. Her grandmother Ida hires a matchmaker who introduces Sam Posner, a pickle vendor, as the writer Anton Maes takes an interest.
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Plot summary
Isabelle Grossman is thirty-three, single, and works at a small Manhattan bookstore where she mingles with the writers she admires. Away from the store she is lonely, and she settles for occasional nights with Nick, a married man. When Anton Maes, a Dutch-American author, gives a reading at the store and shows an interest in her, she is charmed. Her Yiddish-speaking grandmother, Ida, lives on the Lower East Side and wants a decent Orthodox husband for her granddaughter. Without asking, Ida hires a matchmaker, Hannah Mandelbaum. Isabelle is angry, then lets the matchmaker bring Sam Posner into Bubbie's kitchen. Sam sells pickles, and Isabelle dismisses him for that and for the setup, keeping her attention on Anton.
Cast
- Claudia Silveras Cecilia Monk
- Suzzy Rocheas Marilyn Cohen
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Crossing Delancey (1988)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film gave the Yiddish theater star Reizl Bozyk her only screen role; she appeared in no other film before or after it.
- Suzzy Roche of the Roches played Marilyn, a friend of Isabelle, and her group provided several songs for the soundtrack. One of them, Nocturne, also appears on the group's 1989 album Speak.
- The romantic comedy was a modest success, grossing $16 million in the United States and Canada against a budget of $4 million.
