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Shabbat Dinner

2012 · 14 min

A tight, quietly nerve-wracking family dinner that turns into a tender, secret moment of adolescent confession.

Directed by
Michael Morgenstern
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Eva Kaminsky, Chris London, Dan Shaked
Overview
Shabbat Dinner is boring as usual for William Shore. His mother has invited two crazy hippies and their son and is doing her best to show off, his father is drunk and berating their oddball guests, and he doesn't have much in common with their son Virgo. That is, until Virgo tells him that he has just come out as gay.

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Directed by
Michael Morgenstern
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Eva Kaminsky, Chris London, Dan Shaked
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • deception
Places
  • home
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Michael Morgenstern
Written by
Michael Morgenstern
Starring
Eva Kaminsky, Chris London, Dan Shaked, Peter Tedeschi, Dawn Yanek, Michael Wikes
Runtime
14 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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