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7.1/10   301 votes
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Director:
Jeff Bleckner
Writer:
Pnenah Goldstein (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
25 January 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
A quirky love story revolving around the unexpected wedding and unconventional married life of a 26-year-old widow and her late husband's brother, a handsome 30-year-old cardiologist. | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination more
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User Comments:
Living in Israel I would be extremely interested in seeing this. more (5 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Lauren Ambrose ... Leah Lever
Adam Kaufman ... Jake Lever

Susie Essman ... Malka
Harris Yulin ... Rabbi Belsky

Natasha Lyonne ... Esther

Christy Pusz ... Carol
Ricki Lake ... Rabbi Gerry
Mercedes Ruehl ... Janice Lever

Tonye Patano ... Emily
Donnie Keshawarz ... Raj

Sylvia Kauders ... Widow Goldfarb
Jayne Houdyshell ... Mrs. Finkelman
David Rossmer ... Rabbi Benjamin Lever
Tibor Feldman ... Dr. Saloway
Jolly Abraham ... Priya
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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
DuPont Circle, Washington, District of Columbia, USA more
Company:
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions more

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Errors in geography: Georgetown is in Washington, DC, not a separate city. more
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1 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Living in Israel I would be extremely interested in seeing this., 6 April 2009
Author: Marian Paroo from Tel Aviv

As I am a secular Israeli, I would be very interested in seeing this film.

Here, "halitza", as it's called, is nothing romantic and cute. There is no civil marriage, so if a Jewish widow wants to remarry, she MUST have it from her bro-in-law. This has been problematic when 1) the dead husband leaves a brother under the age of thirteen or 2) brother-in-law knows that charging her for doing giving it to her or 3) dead husbands family just wants to deny her the possibility of remarriage to be mean.

I know a fellow that wanted to marry a widow, but her late husbands family were asking for an astronomical price to set her free, so they went to Cyprus to marry.

We have the Hallmark channel, so I hope it eventually gets here.

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