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Divan
by Pearl Gluck
To reclaim an ancestral couch upon which esteemed rabbis slept, Pearl Gluck travels from her Hasidic community in Brooklyn to her roots in Hungary. Along the way, a colorful cast of characters gets involved – the couch exporter, her ex-communist cousin in Budapest, a pair of matchmakers, and a renegade group of formerly ultra-Orthodox Jews. Divan is a visual parable that offers the possibility of personal reinvention and cultural re-upholstery.
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Language: English
Year of production: 2004
Length: 77 minutes
Country: United States
Directors:
Pearl Gluck
Producers:
Palinka Pictures
Film Festivals:
Tribeca Film Festival 2003
Film Forum 2004
Sundance Channel 2004
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