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Feature film — 2019

To Dust (2019)

5.41h 45mDrama — Comedy

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.

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A high-signal pick with 34 votes.

King Bee Productions / Salem Street Entertainment / UnLTD Productions / Storyland Pictures / Wing and a Prayer Pictures / Good Deed Entertainment / The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Production Grant

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Director: Shawn Snyder

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Cast & crew

Géza Röhrig as Shmuel

Géza Röhrig

Shmuel

Matthew Broderick as Albert

Matthew Broderick

Albert

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Sammy Voit

Naftali

Leo Heller as Noam

Leo Heller

Noam

Isabelle  Phillips as Shprintzel

Isabelle Phillips

Shprintzel

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Sarah Jes Austell

Lab Receptionist

Natalie Carter as Security Guard

Natalie Carter

Security Guard

Bern Cohen as Reb Goshen

Bern Cohen

Reb Goshen

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Linda Frieser

Wake Goer

Ben Hammer as Rebbe

Ben Hammer

Rebbe

Marceline Hugot as Carol

Marceline Hugot

Carol

Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Doctor

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Doctor

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