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Aug 18, 2017 · A tender drama performed entirely in Yiddish, the film intimately explores the nature of faith and the price of parenthood. Within Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.
- (2.6K)
- Drama
- Joshua Z Weinstein
- 2017-08-18
Menashe (Yiddish: מנשה) is a 2017 Yiddish-language American drama film directed by Joshua Z. Weinstein. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017, where it was acquired by A24 for U.S. distribution. The film was released in the United States on July 28, 2017.
Weinstein captures Menashe’s turmoil with utmost sincerity and stunning control. Adding to its neorealist flavor, intimate cinematography places us in Menashe's cramped apartment, (where he can only feed his son soda and cake for breakfast) or in the middle of his tense meetings with The Ruv.
Jun 7, 2017 · Deep in the heart of New York’s ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, Menashe—a kind, hapless grocery store clerk—struggles to make ends meet and responsibly parent his young son, Rieven, following his wife Leah’s death.
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- Menashe Lustig
A sweet, quiet and unpretentious, culturally specific yet universal portrait of fatherhood in a culture rarely depicted on film, Menashe marks a sympathetic and tender, if a bit too brisk and restrained first feature from Joshua Z. Weinstein.
- (4.3K)
- Maiden Voyage Pictures
- Joshua Z Weinstein
Aug 2, 2017 · Menashe’s love for his son Rieven (played by Ruben Niborski, the only non-Hasidic actor in the film) is not in doubt, although there’s a childish clumsiness to their times together.
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Deep in the heart of New York's notoriously secretive Hasidic Jewish community, Menashe, a good-hearted but somewhat hapless grocery store clerk, struggles against tradition to keep custody of...
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- Comedy, Drama
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