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Menashe

2017

Joshua Z Weinstein

2017·PG·United StatesUnited StatesIsraelIsrael
Award tierBronze
Metascore

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.

Cast

Anna Gansburg Nahmani·Menashe Lustig·Sophie Vaysman·Ariel Vaysman

Producers

Yoni Brook·Royce Brown·Traci Carlson·Chris Columbus·Eleanor Columbus

Languages

yidUnited KingdomEnglishSpainSpanish

Major Awards

0 wins · 1 nomination

Nominations (1)

Best Director

Gotham Awards (2017)

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award

Joshua Z Weinstein