Overview
Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor in Upstate New York and distraught at the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace, while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert, a local community college biology professor, the two embark on a darkly comic and increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld.
Director: Shawn Snyder
Cast
Géza Röhrig
Shmuel
Matthew Broderick
Albert
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Sammy Voit
Naftali
Leo Heller
Noam
Isabelle Phillips
Shprintzel
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Sarah Jes Austell
Lab Receptionist
Natalie Carter
Security Guard
Bern Cohen
Reb Goshen
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Linda Frieser
Wake Goer
Ben Hammer
Rebbe
