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The Eighth Day

2024 · 10 min

A short, warm family comedy that turns an awkward dinner-table clash into gentle, relatable cringe and quiet honesty.

Directed by
Jonah Weinstein
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Sarah Coffey, Steven Skybell, Yair Ben-Dor
Overview
Noah and Jonah are gay Jewish husbands and new parents to a baby boy. When Noah and Jonah's parents arrive at their home expecting a traditional bris for their grandson, Noah and Jonah are forced to reveal that they had something very different in mind for their son: no circumcision.

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Directed by
Jonah Weinstein
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Sarah Coffey, Steven Skybell, Yair Ben-Dor
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • faith
  • parenthood
  • trauma
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Jonah Weinstein
Written by
Jonah Weinstein
Starring
Sarah Coffey, Steven Skybell, Yair Ben-Dor, Jonah Weinstein, Kenneth De Abrew, Suzanne Toren, Lori Wilner, Joan L Roth
Runtime
10 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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