Menashe

Menashe

There's nothing orthodox about him.

2017 · 82 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama

Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.

Directed by Joshua Z Weinstein · Written by Alex Lipschultz

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