Short film
A Prayer
2018 · 14 min
An intimate, talk-driven chamber piece that unfolds like a quiet confession, asking you to sit with a difficult reckoning between faith and selfhood.
- Directed by
- Alon Borten
- Genres
- Drama
- Overview
- In present-day New York, Maya marries the first man she has ever dated. The entire film is their heartfelt conversation about how Maya had no time to learn who she really is. It is a conversation about diversity and unpredictability of human sexuality and about the place of queer and LGBT identities within the traditional Jewish worldview.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, sexuality, faith, love
- Content
- Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Alon Borten
- Genres
- Drama