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Wikipedia article




'Alan & Naomi' is a 1992 film about the friendship between two children in 1944 Brooklyn.. Lukas Haas and Vanessa Zaoui star as the title characters, and the screenplay is based on the novel by Myron Levoy. The 1977 novel is an American Book Award Finalist for Children's Literature and an honor book for the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and The Horn Book. 'Alan & Naomi' has received the National Book Awards For Children's Literature in Germany and Austria, and the Dutch Silver Pencil Prize. In 1986 'Alan & Naomi' was adapted for a theatrical play, 'Geheime Freunde', by Rudolf Herfurtner. The novel has been translated into eleven languages.

Premise



After initial urging from his parents, 14-year-old Alan Silverman (Haas) develops an emotional friendship with Naomi Kirshenbaum (Zaoui), who has been deeply troubled since seeing her father killed by the Nazis in Europe.

Reception



'Alan & Naomi' won the Crystal Heart Award at the 1992 Heartland Film Festival. Also, Vanessa Zaoui was nominated for the 1993 Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Co-starring in a Motion Picture.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103640/awards Awards for Alan & Naomi]. Internet Movie Database]. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.

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