Top billed cast

1. 

   Jason Schwartzman

   Ben Gottlieb

2. 

   Carol Kane

   Carla Kessler

3. 

   Dolly de Leon

   Judith Gottlieb

4. 

   Caroline Aaron

   Meira Gottlieb

5. 

   Robert Smigel

   Rabbi Bruce

6. 

   Madeline Weinstein

   Gabby / Ruth

7. 

   Matthew Shear

   Nat

8. 

   Lindsay Burdge

   Darcy

9. 

   Julia Walsh

   Twin #1

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Reviews

A review by Brent Marchant

Written by Brent Marchant on 2025-01-04

The burdens of rules, conventions and traditions can weigh heavily on us, especially when they’re not serving us, allowing us to be ourselves or taking much of the joy out of life. The impact can affect us in many ways, too, including emotionally, psychologically, spiritually, physically and socially. So it is for Benjamin Gottlieb (Jason Schwartzman), a disillusioned forty-something cantor/Bat Mitzvah instructor at a conservative synagogue north of New York. He’s experiencing a crisis of faith as a result of the rough year he’s recently undergone, having lost his wife and now facing the...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$2,113,603.00

Keywords

• new york city
• midlife crisis
• widow
• cemetery
• music teacher
• grief
• jewish american
• teacher student relationship
• lgbt
• death of husband
• crisis of faith
• jewish family
• death of wife
• lgbt parenting
• jewish
• cantor
• bat mitzvah