

In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.

Logan Lerman
Marcus Messner

Sarah Gadon
Olivia Hutton

Tracy Letts
Dean Caudwell

Linda Emond
Esther Messner

Joanne Baron
Mrs. Greenberg

Ben Rosenfield
Bertram Flusser

Philip Ettinger
Ron Foxman

Pico Alexander
Sonny Cottler

Noah Robbins
Marty Ziegler

Danny Burstein
Max Messner

Susan Varon
Mrs. Dadidovich

Bryan Burton
Ben

Steven Kaplan
Anker

Richard Topol
Mo Greenberg

Isabel Keating
Miss Clement

Eli Gelb
David
Margo Kazaryan
Student

Doris McCarthy
Church Volunteer
Melanie Blake Roth
Student
Andrew S. Thompson
Student
James Schamus
James Schamus
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