im confused about that. is the father and his son not living together after the death of his wife? if thats the case then why? is it some jewish custom? im not trying to be offensive, im just genuinly asking because i dont know
In Hassidic circles, the Rebbe is the highest authority in all issues in the community. His followers are expected to follow any decision he makes. So if the Rebbe (for whatever reason - haven't seen the movie yet) decides that the child should be taken away from the father and given to a relative, everyone within the community is expected to comply.
GothicLolitaPL it's not a Jewish custom at all. I'm assuming that he was told that the child should be raised with another family so that he can have a customary upbringing and that it should be easier for the child that way as it is hard for a child to grow up with only a father and no siblings. Here if he is being raised by an aunt or grandparents he will be part of a full family. It's not a must. Many orthodox families stay with the living parent. I'm not sure why in his case they chose to have his son raised elsewhere. Like the other comment says, maybe his rabbi advised him to do it that way originally when the child was young. And maybe now that he is older the father feels ready to take care of him on his own... Just saying...
It is explained in the movie, even in the trailer. If there was a step-mother, the boy could return to live with the father instead of living with an aunt and uncle and cousins.
GothicLolitaPL no it's not a custom at all the mans family and rabbi potbelly realized it would be hard for him to raise his son while working all day and for his son to be home alone without any siblings or a mother watching him
Menashe is an incredible lesson in the value of Yiddish to Yiddishkeit. I hope it will be shown widely in Jewish communities. Replaying this trailer, again and again, reminds me of the true spirit of Torah living. Check it out... THANKS MUCH
My exact thoughts. Even tho couldn't find right song:(, listened to other one from Zusha. Who would have thought, that, Jews sing that well & interesting.
Ordinary Username Yiddish is 80% German and I'm glad I took German in school because now that I'm in a Jewish community when they speak Yiddish I can understand most of it haha
I really want to see this movie. I always enjoy the trailer every time I see it. I love watching movies that teach us about family, love, and life. Those kinds of movies really get me all emotional. I wish more of those kinds of movies will be made in the future, no matter the language, as long it has subtitles.
Yea, but not Ultra Orthodox. I'm Modern Orthodox, and last week i spent Shabbos in a Hasdic family. Things are somewhat different. I mean yes similar in many ways, but just different customs.
Because I heard Yiddish spoken by my grandparents, when I went to Germany, I could understand quite a lot. So, it came in handy. I like it, because it sounds like what it means. :)
there are quite a few styles besides what you see there. But they are called peyot/peyes and are kept to fulfill a commandment to not "shave the corners of one's head" (based on Leviticus 19:27).
I get it. But it must've been nigh impossible to get an authentic yiddish speaking hasidic male-child-actor, let alone one strong enough to pull off being 2nd fiddle for an entire feature film. And whoever they booked probably had some sort of provision that he not cut his hair too much bc he has an upcoming shoot that requires his hair to be a certain length, or what-not.
The actors were not professionals. Menashe plays himself. Listen to the discussion on All Things Considered on July 27. The hair is theirs, just as it really is.
It's not only the hair on the son's head that is totally inaccurate. The very premise of the film is false and highly offensive - that a Hassidic group would attempt to strongarm a widower into giving up his almost bar mitzvah aged son, until the widower remarried. There is absolutely no basis for this outrageous portrayal, and it is just as offensive as if black people were portrayed in a film as shuffling stable boys singing "Doo-Dah"
Don't know why you had to comment three different times but I want to make sure everyone else sees this: the plot was based on the lead actor's real life. His son lives with another family because he has not remarried. www.indiewire.com/2017/01/menashe-lustig-interview-sundance-2017-hasidic-actor-1201775110/
I love this show. It's fascinating. Just all around a good story about a culture we seldom hear about. At least here in California (in the bay area, there's way more nonreligious jews or reform jews). I have a question for Israeli people or people who know the culture- when people speak in Yiddish, I noticed that the really old people speak in a noticable german accent while the sons of the older generation speak more in an accent that really doesn't sound like german. Are they speaking Yiddish in a modern hebrew accent?
Yet another odious movie bashing Hasidic Jews. The premise here is so unrealistic, so utterly false. No Hassidic group would ever try to take away a widower's son until the widower got remarried - and especially not a son who is almost bar mitzvah age already, like the boy in the movie! This movie should be BOYCOTTED. Why is it, that if a movie perpetuated anti-Black or anti-Gay stereotypes, people would be vocal in protest - but here, when there is a movie that invokes horrific stereotypes about Jews and particularly Hasidim, no one utters a word???
And yet the plot of the film is based on lead actor Menashe Lustig's own real life - and since he did not remarry his son still lives with another family. www.indiewire.com/2017/01/menashe-lustig-interview-sundance-2017-hasidic-actor-1201775110/ Also, I just saw the movie tonight, and there's no Hasidim bashing in it. The characters are all complex characters with their own motivations and are not portrayed in one-dimensional manners.
All Hassidim are being persecuted, because the premise of the film, that a Hassidic group would strongarm a widower into giving up his bar mitzvah aged son until the widower remarried has absolutely no basis in reality.
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This film was an exciting find for me. Beautifully filmed with soft pastel colors and lovely chanting.
A beautiful, tender movie. Quiet, but stays with you.
I love the strong bond shown between father and son even in the face of religious traditions that are keeping them apart. Would love to see more.
im confused about that. is the father and his son not living together after the death of his wife? if thats the case then why? is it some jewish custom? im not trying to be offensive, im just genuinly asking because i dont know
In Hassidic circles, the Rebbe is the highest authority in all issues in the community. His followers are expected to follow any decision he makes.
So if the Rebbe (for whatever reason - haven't seen the movie yet) decides that the child should be taken away from the father and given to a relative, everyone within the community is expected to comply.
GothicLolitaPL it's not a Jewish custom at all. I'm assuming that he was told that the child should be raised with another family so that he can have a customary upbringing and that it should be easier for the child that way as it is hard for a child to grow up with only a father and no siblings. Here if he is being raised by an aunt or grandparents he will be part of a full family. It's not a must. Many orthodox families stay with the living parent. I'm not sure why in his case they chose to have his son raised elsewhere. Like the other comment says, maybe his rabbi advised him to do it that way originally when the child was young. And maybe now that he is older the father feels ready to take care of him on his own... Just saying...
It is explained in the movie, even in the trailer. If there was a step-mother, the boy could return to live with the father instead of living with an aunt and uncle and cousins.
GothicLolitaPL no it's not a custom at all the mans family and rabbi potbelly realized it would be hard for him to raise his son while working all day and for his son to be home alone without any siblings or a mother watching him
A24 really brings some interesting stories from the most unlikely of places.
Some of the most exciting stuff in cinema in the last couple of years has come from A24. This one looks beautiful.
Menashe is an incredible lesson in the value of Yiddish to Yiddishkeit. I hope it will be shown widely in Jewish communities. Replaying this trailer, again and again, reminds me of the true spirit of Torah living. Check it out... THANKS MUCH
This was a heartbreaking movie. I could not stop thinking, "When will Menashe find a companion?" Love solves so many problems.
A24 I love you more than myself
it's not funny because it´s true
Trailer song: Pashut - Zusha
Sounds like Jewish Radiohead
My exact thoughts. Even tho couldn't find right song:(, listened to other one from Zusha. Who would have thought, that, Jews sing that well & interesting.
keroroslayer it’s on SoundCloud
THANKS!!!
Relationship status: In a destructive, one sided relationship with A24.
It’s even better when you learn that it’s based on the actors real life. The most authentic movie I’ve seen in a very long time
Find it fascinating that I'm able to understand most of the things they're saying when the video is slowed down (native German speaker)
Ordinary Username
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Ordinary Username Yiddish is 80% German and I'm glad I took German in school because now that I'm in a Jewish community when they speak Yiddish I can understand most of it haha
Dakota Myers that’s very cool. We are working with Yiddish in my school
Dakota Myers how is it living in a Jewish community where that all speak Yiddish?
I really want to see this movie. I always enjoy the trailer every time I see it. I love watching movies that teach us about family, love, and life. Those kinds of movies really get me all emotional. I wish more of those kinds of movies will be made in the future, no matter the language, as long it has subtitles.
Everything we need in cinema is in A24
This is going to be a Masterpiece. Such a lovely thing to see this year. Cinema - I love you.
i would be fine with it, when only A24 movies come to cinema
A24 makes the most beautiful movies.
We caught this touching film at Mammoth Lakes Film Festival. Loved it.
I'm looking forward to this because of all that I do not yet know but will find out and for the beautiful father son relationship.
TheMovieMyLife get some fucking grammar first woman!
Vayishlach no I'm a 13 year old boy from Aucshwitz who just found out what a gas chamber is. Lol how do you resurrect a dog?
Edgy Veggie you must have difficulty walking carrying all that hatred in your heart. All I feel is tremendous sadness for you.
Edgy Veggie learn how to write how to write a complete sentence! Leave her alone please! Stop harassing people online.
MyIRisHFriend C lol no worries man
Salute to all the single dad's out there
Did just watch this today at the cinema. Beautiful movie.
one movie this year im really looking forward to
Menashe, what a masterpiece... How amazing!
this trailer almost made me cry...I'm looking forward to this!
it remind me of my troubles
I grew up orthodox and this exactly what life is like.
Same here, man. This looks amazing and so authentic.
Yea, but not Ultra Orthodox. I'm Modern Orthodox, and last week i spent Shabbos in a Hasdic family. Things are somewhat different. I mean yes similar in many ways, but just different customs.
I was ultra-Orthodox, but not Hasidic. (Past tense - I'm an atheist now.)
Why if you don't mind me asking? BTW you're a Jew no matter what. According to Halacha :)
Why am I an atheist? Because religion is a hilarious bunch of BS. And I consider myself a Jewish atheist, but not because of halacha, haha.
This looks beautiful
Saw the movie and loved it I just felt so sorry for him
How can i find the NIGGUN (the song) they're singing in the fire scene at 0:55? (Not Zusha's song, the original one, the one that the Hasidics sings)
How did this film
Pass me by
As a german, yiddish sounds very funny to me.
It's like 11th Century german spoken with a russian accent, with a bunch of hebrew words thrown in for good measure :)
Because I heard Yiddish spoken by my grandparents, when I went to Germany, I could understand quite a lot. So, it came in handy. I like it, because it sounds like what it means. :)
Like “ladino” sounds to us, Spanish speakers 🙂
I can't wait for this movie to come out !!
I love the zusha in the backroad
is this gonna be able to be watch online?
Where or how can I watch this film? Thanks
I don´t know why, but I liked this movie.
Excelente mensaje entre la humildad y querer ser respetado y darles oportunidad a todos, saludos de Noticias desde TIjuana
this looks amazingly beautiful
I dont know much about the Haredi , but I found the dialogue really funny. It is a different sort of comedy.
can't wait for it.
Does someone have the link to the song at the end?
Is that Action Bronson?
What violin music in trailer at beginning?
0:28 what about the talmund?
a24 brings society issue..this is good path..
Looks great! Keep up the good work a24 :)
Great film
A24 is life, a side questions, does anybody know why they grow their hair out in that style? i can see they have parts of their heads shaved
there are quite a few styles besides what you see there. But they are called peyot/peyes and are kept to fulfill a commandment to not "shave the corners of one's head" (based on Leviticus 19:27).
thank you
I have seen this man before...
Oh My god I hate your profile pic
1st song??? 0:18
Anyone know the name of the first song, with the violin?
Alguém sabe a versão original desse solo inicial de violino?
anyone know the music playing in the first part of the trailer?
Tahir Aliyev Opening - Aaron Martin & Dag Rosenqvist (official soundtrack)
Wonderful!!
The hair on the son and other young boys being inaccurate bugs me. Otherwise, looks good.
I get it. But it must've been nigh impossible to get an authentic yiddish speaking hasidic male-child-actor, let alone one strong enough to pull off being 2nd fiddle for an entire feature film. And whoever they booked probably had some sort of provision that he not cut his hair too much bc he has an upcoming shoot that requires his hair to be a certain length, or what-not.
The actors were not professionals. Menashe plays himself. Listen to the discussion on All Things Considered on July 27. The hair is theirs, just as it really is.
It's not only the hair on the son's head that is totally inaccurate. The very premise of the film is false and highly offensive - that a Hassidic group would attempt to strongarm a widower into giving up his almost bar mitzvah aged son, until the widower remarried. There is absolutely no basis for this outrageous portrayal, and it is just as offensive as if black people were portrayed in a film as shuffling stable boys singing "Doo-Dah"
Don't know why you had to comment three different times but I want to make sure everyone else sees this: the plot was based on the lead actor's real life. His son lives with another family because he has not remarried. www.indiewire.com/2017/01/menashe-lustig-interview-sundance-2017-hasidic-actor-1201775110/
Charles Chemtob the kids yiddish is also more ' Yiddish farm ' yiddish and not boropark hungarishn yiddish..
this looks interesting. I hope it's good
saw the movie but i dont think that he dosent want to get married that movie left me a sorry feeling for him
Amo esse filme
I loved the movie but I felt so sorry for him
Best movie ever...
I love this show. It's fascinating. Just all around a good story about a culture we seldom hear about. At least here in California (in the bay area, there's way more nonreligious jews or reform jews). I have a question for Israeli people or people who know the culture- when people speak in Yiddish, I noticed that the really old people speak in a noticable german accent while the sons of the older generation speak more in an accent that really doesn't sound like german. Are they speaking Yiddish in a modern hebrew accent?
It's that the older people grew up in Europe, and the younger ones in America
I really did not understand about this movie, if sb please can explain me. thanks
Love it, Thank you and Shalom ❤️🐣‼️
A24 how do you do it?whats ur secret? are you not tempted to the whiff of mainstream?
WAAY better looking than WW84!!
Is this based on true life events?
Yes and the one who plays menashe is the real menashe
Greetings from Israel
I'm expecting a cameo by Josh Ostrovsky.
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Omg so sad
Looks beautiful, but shows too much
True.
Love Israel ❤️.... from India 🇮🇳
the movie is about hasidic jews in new york. Not Israel.
Well he is dumb witted obviously...Bhakt!
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#NoDislikes 🤗
Lately sometimes I wish I was born a jew.
Ok menashe is kind of really hot
lol? ultra orthodox jews are not allowed to watch movies? omg now i know why the nazis hated them.
very immature comment.
Is this a Jewish thing? 🤔
It's clearly about Muslims
Jay Kay bro, are you watching the wrong trailer? This is clearly the action-packed thrill ride we've all been waiting for.
No, it's about a buddhist woman who finds herself in a mystical journey.
lolololololololool clearly :D
Binodism
I dont think this mnovie will play very well in most of the middle east.
Yet another odious movie bashing Hasidic Jews. The premise here is so unrealistic, so utterly false. No Hassidic group would ever try to take away a widower's son until the widower got remarried - and especially not a son who is almost bar mitzvah age already, like the boy in the movie!
This movie should be BOYCOTTED. Why is it, that if a movie perpetuated anti-Black or anti-Gay stereotypes, people would be vocal in protest - but here, when there is a movie that invokes horrific stereotypes about Jews and particularly Hasidim, no one utters a word???
And yet the plot of the film is based on lead actor Menashe Lustig's own real life - and since he did not remarry his son still lives with another family. www.indiewire.com/2017/01/menashe-lustig-interview-sundance-2017-hasidic-actor-1201775110/
Also, I just saw the movie tonight, and there's no Hasidim bashing in it. The characters are all complex characters with their own motivations and are not portrayed in one-dimensional manners.
EPA18 .....are you allowed to be on the internet?
you're an idiot.
Third
This looks like the most boring thing I've ever seen, and this is coming from a jew.
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Great, another Jewish movie, which Jew is being persecuted this time?
All Hassidim are being persecuted, because the premise of the film, that a Hassidic group would strongarm a widower into giving up his bar mitzvah aged son until the widower remarried has absolutely no basis in reality.
Again, it's based on real life: www.indiewire.com/2017/01/menashe-lustig-interview-sundance-2017-hasidic-actor-1201775110/
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