Den judiske professorn Larry Gopnik börjar grubbla över existentiella frågor när han får reda på att hans fru vill skiljas ifrån honom. Hans barn stjäl också pengar ifrån honom, hans son för att köpa marijuana, hans dotter för att finansiera en skönhetsoperation.
De bästa vännerna Stacy och Lydia planerar sina episka bat mitzva. Men allt ställs på ända när en populär pojke – och dramatik i skolan – hotar att förstöra allt.
Efter en trafikolycka blir direktören Victor Pivert inblandad i en kidnappingsaffär. Den kidnappade lyckas fly och tar Victor som gisslan, men för att inte bli dödade tvingas paret stjäla både kläder och identiteter från två kända rabbiner. Jagade av terrorister, polis och de riktiga rabbinerna, skruvas farskarusellen upp rejält.
22-åriga Andrew har precis slutat college och är fast hemma i New Jersey utan några framtidsutsikter. När han börjar jobba som festplanerare för bat och bar mitsvahs utvecklas en unik vänskap med en ung mamma och hennes tonårsdotter.
Det är sommaren 1966 och 12-årige Bernie ser fram emot den största dagen hittills i hans unga liv - hans Bar Mitzvah. Men sommaren 1966 var det fotbollsyra i Bernies hemland England, och frågan är - kommer några gäster att dyka upp, eller kommer de stanna vid TV-apparaterna och se nationen vinna VM istället?
Dramakomedi från 2009 av Todd Solondz med Ciarán Hinds, Charlotte Rampling och Ally Sheedy. Tio år efter succén med Happiness får vi återse de tre systrarna Joy, Helen och Trish som fortfarande kämpar med livet, kärleken och lyckopillren. Precis som då drar sig Todd Solondz, den mörka komikens mästare, inte för att finna humor ur känsliga teman som sex, religion, pedofili och terrorism.
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.
Ensam och föräldrarlös placeras den nioåriga etiopiske pojken Solomon hos en fransktalande adoptivfamilj i Jerusalem. Vi får följa hans uppväxt i det nya landet: genom tonårsångest, identitetssökande och kärleksproblem.
All hilarity breaks loose in this heartwarming coming-of-age comedy when three generations of Fiedlers collide in a crazy family reunion. As they prepare for the biggest Bar Mitzvah on the block, they begin to see that they're much more alike than they'd originally thought.
After moving from New York City to Indiana, a 12 year old navigates his parents' divorce, his impending bar mitzvah and his new school's social circles.
The 2016 Broadway Revival of William Finn's Tony-winning musical. It tells the story of Marvin, a Jewish family man who leaves his wife and son for a male lover during the height of the AIDS crisis in 1980s New York City.
Enthusiastic emcee Taylor James (Tim Peper) leaves behind his home state of New Jersey when party planner Vanessa Dupree (Judy Reyes) hires him to work the busier New York City bar mitzvah scene. Tutored by slick Manhattan emcee Sebastian (George Valencia), Taylor spices up his wardrobe and becomes a more clever showman. Soon, he's a bar mitzvah celebrity. But when he has a disastrous problem with his glow-in-the-dark props, his career heads in another direction.
The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy, Max Glick (Noam Zylberman) from a small Manitoba community with an overbearing family tries to navigate his coming-of-age with his family's condescension and bigotry using his sarcastic, Jewish humour. The town's rabbi dies, and a sub-plot develops in which Max's father (Aaron Schwartz) and grandfather (Jan Rubes)-both synagogue leaders-are saddled with a traditional Hassidic rabbi who sticks out like a sore thumb among the otherwise assimilated Jewish community. To make matters more difficult, Max likes a Catholic girl (14 year old Fairuza Baulk in just her third film), whom he later competes with in a piano competition. The quirky, fun-loving rabbi tries to help him with his problems, yet harbours a secret ambition of his own.
Filmed in Winnipeg and rural Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada.
Set in mid-70's, 12-year old Dvir Avni navigates between the equality values of his home-born Kibbutz and the relationship with his undermined mother, whom the Kibbutz members will to denounce.
Leo, a 30-year-old New Yorker who is having a Bar Mitzvah after meeting Eva, his longtime summer camp crush. In order to finish his mitzvah assignment and perhaps mature, he has to deal with, ex-partners, family members, and more.
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.
Four 12-year-olds—Sharon, Tom, Moishy, and Sophie—prepare for their bar or bat mitzvot.
Photos, home videos and especially a series of audios recorded without Julia's consent are the essence of this film that tells the story of a woman who got married despite having many doubts and who never tired of seeking her own happiness.
Four young people on the cusp of adulthood prepare for one of the biggest nights of their lives – their Bar and Bat Mitzvah – balancing culture, religion and the chance to party.