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Fill the Void
Why this pick
A restrained, intimate portrait of love and obligation inside an Orthodox community, with patient observation and emotional conflicts shaped by religious custom.
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MOVIE2017 1h 22m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Within Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son. A tender drama performed entirely in Yiddish, the film intimately explores the nature of faith and the price of parenthood.
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