Brief Summary Of The Film 'The Trotsky'

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For this week’s film The Trotsky, I discovered a video interview conducted by The Tribute with Jay Baruchel who played Leon Bronstein in the film. The interview touched upon many things in the film as well as provided some insight into Barchuel’s recent work. Toni Ippoltio the interviewer begins by asking Baruchel if he had a passion to change the world and accomplish many things as a teenager, which he does admit to. Baruchel discusses his time on his high school debate team and how he and his high school peers wanted to make Canada a better place. Brauchel also talks about the process of emulating Trotsky and how he prepared for the role. He gives credit to Tierney the film’s director, who helped him during the process. To prepare for this

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