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English. Box office. $2 million [1] 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. [2] The film was released in the United States on July 28, 2017.
Aug 18, 2017 · Menashe: Directed by Joshua Z Weinstein. 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.
- (2.6K)
- Drama
- Joshua Z Weinstein
- 2017-08-18
Jul 28, 2017 · Here is a film dedicated to recognizing our most common obstacles, its quiet storytelling largely accompanied by those feelings at the bottom of anyone’s gut: guilt, shame, defeat. "Menashe" is a gorgeous ode to everyone's inner screw-up. Those reactions come from observing the life of Menashe ( Menashe Lustig ), our hero and our tragedy.
A tender drama performed entirely in Yiddish, the film intimately explores the nature of faith and the price of parenthood. Menashe, a widower, lives and works within the Hasidic community of Borough Park, Brooklyn. Since his wife passed away a year before, he has been trying hard to regain custody of his nine-year-old son, Rieven.
Menashe Lustig. Set within the New York Hasidic community in Borough Park, Brooklyn, Menashe follows a kind but hapless grocery store clerk trying to maintain custody of his son Rieven after his wife, Lea, passes away. Since they live in a tradition-bound culture that requires a mother present in every home, Rieven is supposed to be adopted by ...
Jan 23, 2017 · ‘Menashe’: Film Review | Sundance 2017 ... (Ruben Niborski) in the care of his late wife’s brother Eizik (Yoel Weisshaus). A family man with a thriving real-estate business and a long, ...
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Jan 24, 2017 · The strict community — overseen by a wizened rabbi whose flowing beard dwarfs those worn by the other men — expects Menashe to find a new wife before he can raise his son in a responsible ...
