Menashe

Menashe (2017)

There's nothing orthodox about him.

Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.

Date of release
2017-07-28
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (59)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Drama
Director
Joshua Z Weinstein

Casting

Interesting facts

Menashe 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.

Production

The plot of Menashe is loosely based on Lustig's life. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times he said that "unlike Menashe in the film, I'm not a schlimazel by nature. Maybe just a schlimazel by situation."

Customs and religious practices depicted include:

Negel vasser - morning ritual, bedside hand washing.

The film was shot over the course of two years in Borough Park, Brooklyn, home to one of the largest Orthodox Jewish populations outside of Israel, a decision that Weinstein has said was motivated by a desire for authenticity. In an interview before the film's Sundance premiere, he said, "When I thought about making a film in Borough Park, in Yiddish, with real Hasidic Jews, to me, it was just as interesting as any documentary I ever made."

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