Jewish Studies Program and Center for Foreign Languages and Cultures Present

Film: The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch

 

A Swiss-German, Yiddish, Hebrew, English Film: Sex, Love, Family, and a Cultural Crisis

Thursday, November 14, 2024. 1:30 - 3:30 PM. Olin 303.

The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch

Wolkenbruchs wunderliche Reise in die Arme einer Schickse


Young orthodox Jew Mordechai Wolkenbruch, called Motti, has a serious problem: All the women, whom his mama introduces to him as potential wives, look just like her. Fellow student Laura, however, does not, at all – but, unfortunately, she is a shikse. She wears pants, has a nice tukhes, drinks gin and tonic, and swears. Motti begins to have doubts about the predetermined path given by his parents as the road for him to follow. His obedience towards his mother's disturbing methods starts to fade as his passion for Laura grows. Things take their course, and very soon Motti comes to a conclusion: even shikses can be totally nuts.
—Thomas Meyer
           
1 hour 34 minutes. 2018. Michael Steiner, Thomas Meyer, Joel Basman, Noémie Schmidt, Udo Samel

For more, see: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4766630/

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For more information, call 352-222-1349, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm EST/GMT-5

Location: Olin Humanities, Room 303

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