Movie

Menashe

2017 · 82 min

A quiet, intimate immersion into a closed community, where small domestic struggles carry the weight of faith and fatherhood.

Tagline: There's nothing orthodox about him.
Overview: Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, warm and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Parenthood, faith, family, identity
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: parenthood
faith
family
identity
isolation
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none