![]() ![]() ![]() The unlikely pair engage in some bizarre experiments and morbid misadventures (all of which are 100 percent not kosher) in efforts to soothe Shmuel's troubled mind. ![]() Shmuel's religion views scientific thought as heresy, and yet he seems willing to be seen as a blasphemer if that means finally obtaining the closure he needs. Shmuel is desperate to end the madness that has overtaken his brain following his wife's death, so he recruits community college biology instructor Albert (Matthew Broderick) to help teach him about what happens to the body after death, aiming to determine when his wife's ruach (her soul) will unite with god and when her physical body will return to dust. The directorial debut of Shawn Snyder, who brought the pic to Tribeca before rolling it out for a limited run in theaters, To Dust is an eccentric black comedy-drama with a Jewish slant: it zeroes in on Hasidic cantor Shmuel ( Son of Saul actor Géza Röhrig) as he's grieving the passing of his wife, Rikvah, and experiencing unsettling nightmares about her dead body. ![]()
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