Tickling Leo

Tickling Leo is a 2009 American independent drama film about three generations of a Jewish family whose silence about their past has kept them apart.[1] The film was directed by Jeremy Davidson, and stars Lawrence Pressman, Daniel Sauli, Annie Parisse, Eli Wallach, Ronald Guttman and Victoria Clark.
== Synopsis ==
When Zak (Daniel Sauli) and his girlfriend Delphina (Annie Parisse) visit his estranged father in the Catskills, they find him suffering from dementia and inadvertently uncover a dark family secret from World War II: an impossible sacrifice Zak's grandfather (Eli Wallach) made to join Rudolph Kasztner's controversial freedom train out of Hungary.
== Cast ==
* Lawrence Pressman as Warren Pikler
* Daniel Sauli as Zak Pikler
* Annie Parisse as Delphina Adams
* Sarah Wikenczy as Yuth Mother
* Sebastian Wikenczy Thomsen as Child
* Jonathan Valackas as Reuvan Ben Amir
* Ed Setraklan as Oscar Szoras
* Gabor Szucs as Oscar's Grandson
* Orsoja Simon as Woman in Bar
* Alexander Grech III as Bartender
* Jack as Yorrie
* Grey Rabbit Puett as Young Warren
* Ronald Guttman as Robert Pikler
* Victoria Clark as Madeline Pikler
* Lara Apponyi as Rivka Pikler
== Release ==
Tickling Leo screened at the Stony Brook Film Festival on July 25, 2009 and then opened in Manhattan, Queens and on Long Island Theaters on September 4, 2009 with a simultaneous DVD release. The film continued on to play to audiences in NorthEast, Florida and California.
=== Critical reception ===
=== Awards ===
* 2009 Jury Award for Best Feature- 2009 Stony Brook Film Festival[2]