Sidney Turtlebaum (2008)

Sidney Turtlebaum

2008

Drama Comedy

Synopsis

Sidney Turtlebaum is a bitter sweet comedy that tells the story of Sidney, an eccentric gay Jewish man in his seventies. To punish the world Sidney earns his living as a pickpocket and a conman - his chosen modus operandi is to gatecrash Shiva houses of mourning to steal from the gathered crowd.

Credits

Director

Tristram Shapeero

Cast

Cavan Clerkin as Father

Derek Jacobi as Sidney Turtlebaum

Francesca Marie Claire as Frankie

Katie Lyons as Mother

Lily Howard as Sidney's Sister

Lin Blakley as Brenda

Romy Baskerville as Valerie

Rupert Evans as Gabriel