The Substance of Fire (1996)

The Substance of Fire
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  • Genre: Drama
  • Running time: 102 min
  • Premiere: 11th of September 1996

Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by printing books that have no hope of financial success. His son Aaron, who also works at the company, grows frustrated with Isaac's emotional decline and attempts to take over the firm. The resulting crisis involves Isaac's other two children, his daughter Sarah and his dying son Martin.

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Cast

Elizabeth Franz
as Miss Barzakian
Sarah Jessica Parker
as Sarah Geldhart
Tony Goldwyn
as Aaron Geldhart
Gina Torres
as Maitre d'
Gil Bellows
as Val Chenard
Lee Grant
as Cora Cahn
Eric Bogosian
as Gene Byck
Timothy Hutton
as Martin Geldhart
Ron Rifkin
as Isaac Geldhart
Debra Monk
as Martha Hackett
Dick Latessa
as Mr. McCormack Sr
Matt McGrath
as Young Book Clerk
Barbara Eda-Young
as Reena Geldhart
Patrick Page
as Mr. McCormack Jr
Alec Mapa
as New Receptionist
Ronny Graham
as Louis Foukold
Tom McDermott
as Old Printer
Andrew Pang
as Mr. Otani Jr
Adolph Green
as Mr. Musselblatt
George Morfogen
as Otto the Printer
William Cain
as Mr. Cox
José Ramón Rosario
as Dennis the Tailor
Edmund Ikeda
as Mr. Otani Sr
David Boston
as Sign Painter (uncredited)

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