Menashe
Sinopsis(1)
Deep in the heart of New York's ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, Menashe, a kind, hapless grocery store clerk, struggles to make ends meet and responsibly parent his young son, Rieven, following his wife Leah's death. Tradition prohibits Menashe from raising his son alone, so Rieven's strict uncle adopts him, leaving Menashe heartbroken. Meanwhile, though Menashe seems to bungle every challenge in his path, his rabbi grants him one special week with Rieven before Leah's memorial. It's his chance to prove himself a suitable man of faith and fatherhood, and restore respect among his doubters. (Sundance Film Festival)
(más)Reseñas (3)
En ningún caso es arrebatadora, pero ciertamente se trata de un vistazo interesante a las reglas de funcionamiento de la comunidad judía ortodoxa en Brooklyn, en la que el rabino decide si un niño pequeño se queda con su padre - el protagonista de la película, que es viudo desde hace un año y un poco torpe y desafortunado...
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It’s amazing as an insight into a community and has an amazing informative value. But as far as the movie goes, you have to decide for yourselves whether you’re willing to spend 80 minutes of your life peeking into a culture you otherwise wouldn’t get to witness, because that’s basically all this is.
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This is an unremarkable film that is somewhat spoiled by the performances, which don't look natural at all in some moments. However, on the other hand there is a great main character who carries the film by being such a dork and having problems that are normal on the one hand, strange on the other and determined by the hard to understand rules of extreme Judaism.
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