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The Substance of Fire (1996)
Genres: Drama
Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by printing books that have no hope of financial success. His son Aaron, who also works at the company, grows frustrated with Isaac's emotional decline and attempts to take over the firm. The resulting crisis involves Isaac's other two children, his daughter Sarah and his dying son Martin.
- Tony Goldwyn as Aaron Geldhart
- Timothy Hutton as Martin Geldhart
- Ron Rifkin as Isaac Geldhart
- Sarah Jessica Parker as Sarah Geldhart
- Lee Grant as Cora Cahn
- Elizabeth Franz as Miss Barzakian
- Benjamin Ungar as Young Issac
- Roger Rees as Max