He chose this film from the video store, described the premise to me and I thought it sounded fun.
If you want
offbeat & quirky... you've come to the right movie.If you want dysfunctional family... you've come to the right movie.
If you want deceit... you've come to the right movie.
It helps that I understand a lot of German...but the subtitles helped.
There's a German line in the movie: "It's never too late to become Jewish." That should get you thinking...
Here are a couple of good movie links. The first is in German, but find the sidebar bit called KINO TRAILER, click on it, and you'll get a peek at the film.
Here's another, more detailed movie link.
If anyone has already seen this film, please let me know your thoughts. It wasn't full-blown funny as in guffaws, but it was filled with lots of chuckles and smiles.
The director, Dani Levy, is from Basel, Switzerland, my mom's hometown. All I can say is that he has an interesting way of viewing the world...
Grab some popcorn, get comfy and hit the PLAY button on the remote.
4 comments:
sounds like my kind of movie!
This one sounds great. Thanks for the recommendation.
Perhaps you've already written about it, Pearl, but I saw a really funny (and often poignant) "Jewish film" recently, too: When Do We Eat? Again, about a dysfunctional family, on the night of the Passover seder. Brings in an awful lot of interesting questions about Jewish identity. The DVD also has some amazing special features, including "commentaries" by various rabbis. Gives it a very talmudic slant.
Stu
it's never too late to become jewish??? from a german film??? oy...my brother dovidle on his way home had a long stopover in frankfurt...don't ask...anyway i got him a room for the night in a holiday in next to the airport...he turned on the tv and what was playing? shindler's list...noch amol oy...stay safe...always fun to come visit your blog
Of course I saw the movie! Who would miss a Dany Levy movie :D. I liked it, it was fun, not overwhelming, yet I bought the DVD.
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