Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor in upstate New York, distraught by the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace, while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay.
Release Date
Feb 8, 2019 | Theatrical Limited (23 locations)
Other Key Dates
Apr 22, 2018 (Tribeca Film Festival (USA)) Oct 28, 2018 (Tokyo International Film Festival (Japan)) Nov 8, 2018 (Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival (USA)) Jan 6, 2019 (Palm Springs International Film Festival (USA))
Distraught by his wife’s untimely death, Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor in Upstate New York, struggles to find religious solace while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert, a local community college biology professor, the two embark on a darkly comic and increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld. — Shawn Snyder