“A story of self preservation”
An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. He learns his only surviving relative is his great grandson, a computer coder who he can’t connect with.
Seth Rogen
Herschel Greenbaum / Ben Greenbaum
Sarah Snook
Sarah Greenbaum
Molly Evensen
Clara
Eliot Glazer
Christian
Kalen Allen
Kevin
Kevin O'Rourke
Dane Brunt
Sean Whalen
Scientist
Geoffrey Cantor
David Greenbaum
Carol Leifer
Susan Greenbaum
Jorma Taccone
Liam
An American Pickle is a comedy, drama film released in 2020 exploring themes of immigrant, deportation, time travel, jewish american, brooklyn, new york city, duringcreditsstinger. Directed by Brandon Trost, it stars Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Molly Evensen. An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. He learns his only surviving relative is his great grandson, a computer coder who he can’t connect with.
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