Summaries

At thirty-two, Meni Phillip lost his religious faith. He left his career as a successful Jewish Hasidic singer, and got divorced. His outraged family disowned him. Alone, Meni set out on a painful struggle to regain his legal paternity rights to his five children. Soon thereafter, four of his ten siblings followed in his path and abandoned their orthodox religious lifestyles. The Phillip family became torn in half... Each of the siblings struggled with the painful process of detachment from religion and family. When the youngest sister suffered a breakdown and was hospitalized, Meni assumed his inevitable role as head of the secular family, while he desperately attempted to keep the family together.—Meni Philip and Noam Reuveni

Details

Keywords
  • family relationships
  • orthodox jew
  • off the derech
  • ultra orthodox
  • hasidic music
Genres
  • Drama
  • Biography
  • Documentary
Release date Jul 10, 2007
Countries of origin Israel
Official sites Official site
Language Hebrew
Production companies Cinemax

Box office

Budget $80000

Tech specs

Runtime 59m
Color Color
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