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To Dust (2019)
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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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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Genre:Drama, Comedy
Written By:Shawn Snyder, Jason Begue
In Theaters:2/8/2019
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Runtime:105 minutes
Studio: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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