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The Believer

Name: The Believer
Director: Henry Bean
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001-08-23
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Summer Phoenix, Theresa Russell, Billy Zane, Garret Dillahunt

Drama

A hardcore US racist skinhead who, because of his intelligence, leads a gang dedicated to fighting the enemy: the supposed American-Jewish conspiracy for domination. However, he's hiding a secret: he's Jewish-born, a brilliant scholar whose questioning of the tenets of his faith has left him angry and confused, turning against those who he thinks have a tragic history of their own making.

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Cast

Ryan GoslingSummer PhoenixTheresa RussellBilly ZaneGarret DillahuntA.D. MilesGlenn FitzgeraldElizabeth ReaserJoshua HartoRonald GuttmanHeather GoldenhershJoel Marsh Garland

Director

Henry Bean

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