Set in the Russian-Jewish enclave of Brighton Beach during the 1980’s, this contemplative coming-of-age/coming-out story follows the soul-searching journey of David, a closeted gay Yeshiva student who moves in with his grandfather in the subsidized housing of a Jewish religious center where he becomes the tenth man in a Jewish quorum called a minyan. Accompanied by a klezmer-infused jazz score, the two worlds of David’s dual identity collide as he confronts the plagued heritages experienced by his elderly gay couple next door (who survived the Holocaust) and a bartender from an East Village gay bar (who is trying to survive the escalating AIDS epidemic.) Samuel H. Levine carries the film in the lead role of David -- every bit as beautiful as the statue in Italy -- through whose soulful and smoldering eyes we witness the importance of community support in an unjust world.
- Year2020
- Runtime118 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorEric Steel
- ScreenwriterDavid Bezmozgis, Daniel Pearle, Eric Steel
- ProducerLuca Borghese, Luigi Caiola, Ben Howe,
- CastSamuel H. Levine, Ron Rifkin, Brooke Bloom, Mark Margolis, Christopher McCann, Carson Meyer, Alex Hurt, Zane Pais, Chris Perfetti, Eleanor Reissa
- CinematographerOle Bratt Birkeland
- EditorRay Hubley
- Production DesignLucio Seixas
- ComposerDavid Krakauer, Kathleen Tagg
- Sound DesignJeremy Bloom
- MusicMelissa Chapman, Annie Pearlman
Set in the Russian-Jewish enclave of Brighton Beach during the 1980’s, this contemplative coming-of-age/coming-out story follows the soul-searching journey of David, a closeted gay Yeshiva student who moves in with his grandfather in the subsidized housing of a Jewish religious center where he becomes the tenth man in a Jewish quorum called a minyan. Accompanied by a klezmer-infused jazz score, the two worlds of David’s dual identity collide as he confronts the plagued heritages experienced by his elderly gay couple next door (who survived the Holocaust) and a bartender from an East Village gay bar (who is trying to survive the escalating AIDS epidemic.) Samuel H. Levine carries the film in the lead role of David -- every bit as beautiful as the statue in Italy -- through whose soulful and smoldering eyes we witness the importance of community support in an unjust world.
- Year2020
- Runtime118 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorEric Steel
- ScreenwriterDavid Bezmozgis, Daniel Pearle, Eric Steel
- ProducerLuca Borghese, Luigi Caiola, Ben Howe,
- CastSamuel H. Levine, Ron Rifkin, Brooke Bloom, Mark Margolis, Christopher McCann, Carson Meyer, Alex Hurt, Zane Pais, Chris Perfetti, Eleanor Reissa
- CinematographerOle Bratt Birkeland
- EditorRay Hubley
- Production DesignLucio Seixas
- ComposerDavid Krakauer, Kathleen Tagg
- Sound DesignJeremy Bloom
- MusicMelissa Chapman, Annie Pearlman