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Menashe

Menashe

There's nothing orthodox about him.

20176.31h 22m

Overview

Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.

Directed by Joshua Z Weinstein
Written by Alex Lipschultz, Musa Syeed, Joshua Z Weinstein
Produced by Joshua Z Weinstein, Traci Carlson, Yoni Brook
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Top Cast

Menashe Lustig

Menashe Lustig

Menashe

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Ruben Niborski

Y

Yoel Weisshaus

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Meyer Schwartz

Y

Yoel Falkowitz

Fischel

J

Josh Alpert

Dovid

A

Abraham Bresky

Moishe

J

Jorge Cea

Luis

A

Avi Friedman

Landlord

Themes & Keywords

parent child relationshipfaithsingle fatherfatherhood

About Menashe

Menashe is a drama film released in 2017 exploring themes of parent child relationship, faith, single father, fatherhood. Directed by Joshua Z Weinstein, it stars Menashe Lustig, Ruben Niborski, Yoel Weisshaus. Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.

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