THE SHABBOS GOY | Omeleto

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An Orthodox Jew has a dilemma. Hannah is a devout Orthodox Jew, who observes the tenets and practices of her religion, including abstaining from electronics of almost any kind on the Sabbath. She's also a modern woman who lives in Los Angeles, the most modernist of American cities. So when a certain device of hers won't turn off, she sets out to find someone who can turn it off without violating her religion -- a "shabbos goy" outside the faith who can perform certain types of work for Jews who can't partake on the Sabbath. Writer/director Talia Osteen's nimble, quicksilver comedy combines the bawdiness of a certain type of ribald comedy with a richly observed snapshot of how a tradition-rich religion and culture thrives in a modern setting, where diverse groups of people are nestled alongside one another but often don't deeply interact. Like many comedies, the success of the film rests on its writing and performances, and both here have a sharp, sly eye for irony and the peccadilloes that arise when we're trying to hide things we're embarrassed, ashamed of or not supposed to do. Hannah may be an Orthodox Jew, but she's also embraced aspects of modern womanhood, though that embrace can't exist out in the open. Yet she must find a way to reconcile these sides of herself -- a dilemma that propels her to reach out into the larger world. That world is shot with a warm polish in the cinematography and a subtle grace in the camera movement, capturing a vision and side of Los

Published 2020-07-17 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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