A recorded video with Simhona filmmaker Batel Kaniel will follow the film.

A loving family is faced with tragedy when a father's busy schedule makes him lose sight of what is most important in life.

Couple

A loving family is faced with tragedy when a father's busy schedule makes him lose sight of what is most important in life.

Inspired by a real self-help book of the same name, "The Newlywed's Guide to Physical Intimacy" follows a recently married Hasidic couple who arrive home on their wedding night. No one explained to them what to expect on their first night alone, together. Mature audiences.

The Newlywed's Guide to Physical Intimacy

A recently married Hasidic couple arrive home on their wedding night.

Beth lives with constant reminders of her deceased husband -- a local health guru named Sproutman. She dodges her neighbors who chant yoga mantras and drink green juices in his honor. Beth wonders: who am I now without Sproutman? As Beth forges a path she neither expected nor wanted, she learns that life can hold despair and joy at the same time.

Sproutland

Beth lives with constant reminders of her deceased husband -- a local health guru named Sproutman.

Haim, an elderly man lying on his deathbed, is surrounded by family members who gather to say goodbye, each in their own absurd way.

The Deceased

Haim, an elderly man lying on his deathbed, is surrounded by family members who gather to say goodbye.

In the 1950s, new immigrants from Iran were living in a refugee tent city in Bet Shean, Israel. Simhona's parents were told by authorities that their daughter was ill and needed to be hospitalized. Simhona was never seen again. Recently, following the opening of the Israeli archives concerning the abduction of Yemenite immigrant children combined with new DNA testing, Eli, now 77 years old, searches for his sister Simhona with the help of his filmmaker daughter.A recorded video with Simhona filmmaker Batel Kaniel will follow the film.

Simhona

In the 1950s, new immigrants from Iran were living in a refugee tent city in Bet Shean, Israel. Simhona's parents were told by authorities that their daughter was ill and needed to be hospitalized.

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