To Dust (2019)

5.6/10 105 min Drama Comedy

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.

Cast

Géza Röhrig

Shmuel

Matthew Broderick

Albert

Leo Heller

Noam

Isabelle Phillips

Shprintzel

Natalie Carter

Security Guard

Bern Cohen

Reb Goshen

Ben Hammer

Rebbe

Marceline Hugot

Carol

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Doctor

Stephanie Kurtzuba

Receptionist

Jill Marie Lawrence

Judy

Larry Owens

Stanley

Annie Pisapia

Patient

Jaclyn S. Powell

Hasidic Jewess sitting shiva with Faigy

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