'Every Culture Has A Norman': Richard Gere On Playing A Fixer And Wandering Jew
Gere's latest film, Norman, is about a Jewish man who pops up on the streets of Manhattan dropping names, handing out cards and promising to connect people.
A new film starring Richard Gere follows a Jewish man who pops up on the streets of Manhattan dropping names, handing out cards and promising to connect people. That man, Norman, befriends an Israeli politician whose career is on the outs. Three years later, the politician, Eshel, returns as prime minister and their paths cross again.
The film, never shows Gere's character at home and at one point makes it look as though he's going to sleep in a train station. "He carries his home his home. But I think, metaphorically, this is the Wandering Jew who is looking for home, a safe place."
