Young Jewish man bucks orthodox traditions (and mother's meddling) by shaving, shopping outside the faithful, and considering a shiksa for a wife.
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Title: The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018)
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1 win & 4 nominations.
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| Joel Basman | ... | Motti Wolkenbruch | |
| Noémie Schmidt | ... | Laura | |
| Udo Samel | ... | Tate Moishe Wolkenbruch | |
| Sunnyi Melles | ... | Frau Silberzweig | |
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Inge Maux | ... | Mame Judith Wolkenbruch |
| Lena Kalisch | ... | Michal Süskind | |
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Aaron Arens | ... | Yossi |
| Meytal Gal | ... | Jael (as Meytal Gal Swisa) | |
| Eli Gorenstein | ... | Rabbi Jonathan (as Eli Gornstein) | |
| Idit Teperson | ... | Malka the Rabbi's Wife | |
| Rachel Braunschweig | ... | Frau Süsskind | |
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Lea Whitcher | ... | Bracha Freudenberg |
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Friederike Frerichs | ... | Bubbe Wolkenbruch |
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Michael von Burg | ... | Schloime Wolkenbruch |
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Oriana Schrage | ... | Dana Wolkenbruch |
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Young orthodox Jew Mordechai Wolkenbruch, called Motti, has a serious problem: All the women, whom his mama introduces to him as potential wives, look just like her. Fellow student Laura, however, does not, at all - but unfortunately she is a schikse. She wears pants, has a nice tuches, drinks gin and tonic, and swears. Motti begins to have doubts about the predetermined path given by his parents as the road for him to follow? His obedience towards his mother's disturbing methods starts to fade as his passion for Laura grows. Things take their course, and very soon Motti comes to a conclusion: even schiksen can be totally nuts. Written by Thomas Meyer
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bare chested male | leek | jewish family | grocery store | mother son relationship |Certificate:
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Official submission of Switzerland for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020. See more »Quotes
Motti: There's a very clear scheme of life for Jewish men: we are born, get circumcised on the eighth day, have our Bar Mitzvah at the age of thirteen, and later we marry a Jewish woman who is as pious as we are. And then it's time to make babies, one after another. And in between, we work and pray, become grandfathers and great-grandfathers until, one day, we die, and the soul becomes bound up in the eternal bundle of life. So it is written. Everything nicely laid out, whether you like it or not.See more »
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25 October 2019 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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They hit it out of the park with this. Very funny and gives a nice view into modern Jewish culture, at least from the perspective of a young man. Definitely recommend watching it with subtitles and the original audio. Gives a much better portrayal of emotion.