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Shiva Baby is a 2020 American comedy film written and directed by Emma Seligman, in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Rachel Sennott as Danielle, a directionless young bisexual Jewish woman who attends a shiva with her parents, Joel (Fred Melamed) and Debbie (Polly Draper).
Apr 2, 2021 · Kim (Dianna Agron) is referred to as a "shiksa", meaning non-Jewish woman. However, Dianna Agron is actually Jewish in real life, unlike lead actress Rachel Sennott, who was raised Catholic.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Emma Seligman
- 2021-04-02
Mar 26, 2021 · You don’t need to be Jewish to love Shiva Baby, but it doesn’t hurt. There’s some really clutch uses of Yiddish and a great joke about visiting a Holocaust museum.
Sep 14, 2020 · Emma Seligman's confident debut is a playful, brilliantly anxious, sex-positive coming-of-age tale set inside a tight-knit Jewish community.
Apr 1, 2021 · April 1, 2021 6:42 AM PT. A shiva, the ritual gathering that follows a Jewish funeral, is potentially as good a cinematic device for uniting disparate — and dysfunctional — friends and family...
While at a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student has an awkward encounter with her sugar daddy and her ex-girlfriend.
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- Comedy, LGBTQ+, Drama
Jun 9, 2021 · Shiva Baby sees a young Jewish woman’s secret life unravel during a funeral. Emma Silegman’s frantically funny feature debut is a modern New York farce with a surprising emotional punch.
