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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.
Aug 18, 2017 · With Menashe Lustig, Anna Gansburg Nahmani, Ariel Vaysman, Sophie Vaysman. Within Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son. A tender drama performed entirely in Yiddish, the film intimately explores the nature of faith and the price of parenthood.
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- Drama
- Joshua Z Weinstein
- 2017-08-18
Jul 28, 2017 · Menashe is a direct opposite of what his rabbi, The Ruv (Meyer Schwartz) says that the Talmud indicates any good man should have: “A good wife, a good home, nice dishes.” Stubborn yet prideful, he is desperate to prove to his peers that he is fit to take care of his son, despite being a widower, something that they essentially hold against him.
Feb 17, 2024 · Set almost entirely in Yiddish, the movie tells the story of Menashe (played with a raw authenticity by Menashe Lustig), a recently widowed grocery clerk striving to regain custody of his son, Rieven, against the backdrop of community norms and expectations.
Jul 27, 2017 · There's a new film out called "Menashe" about a widower who's trying to regain custody of his son. It's set in New York City, specifically in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
Jul 27, 2017 · Menashe is a widower, and his orthodox Jewish faith requires him to raise his child, Rieven (Ruben Niborski), in a home with a mother. A rabbi has decreed that until Menashe remarries, Rieven...
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Dec 7, 2017 · It’s an intensely emotional movie about marriage, bereavement and patriarchal domestic power-politics that reminded me of Rama Burshtein’s Fill the Void (2012) or Dover Kosashvili’s Late ...
