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To Dust

To Dust

20195.61h 45m

Overview

Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor in Upstate New York and distraught at the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace, while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert, a local community college biology professor, the two embark on a darkly comic and increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld.

Directed by Shawn Snyder
Written by Shawn Snyder, Jason Begue
Produced by Alessandro Nivola, Ron Perlman, Emily Mortimer
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Top Cast

Géza Röhrig

Géza Röhrig

Shmuel

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick

Albert

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Sammy Voit

Naftali

Leo Heller

Leo Heller

Noam

Isabelle  Phillips

Isabelle Phillips

Shprintzel

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Sarah Jes Austell

Lab Receptionist

Natalie Carter

Natalie Carter

Security Guard

Bern Cohen

Bern Cohen

Reb Goshen

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Linda Frieser

Wake Goer

Ben Hammer

Ben Hammer

Rebbe

Themes & Keywords

dark comedygriefdeathhasidic judaism

About To Dust

To Dust is a drama, comedy film released in 2019 exploring themes of dark comedy, grief, death, hasidic judaism. Directed by Shawn Snyder, it stars Géza Röhrig, Matthew Broderick, Sammy Voit. Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor in Upstate New York and distraught at the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace, while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert, a local community college biology professor, the two embark on a darkly comic and increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld.

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