World to Come (2015)

World to Come (2015)

2015-07-11 Canada 102 Min. PG-13
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Overview

A nightmarish premonition prompts the sudden return of a man named Doveed to his hometown where he confronts the neglect of its past and his own spiritual crisis. In the wake of a childhood friend’s suicide, he re-enters a religious community that is locked in a lingering standstill, ruined by the brutality of repression, and lost in the shadows of collective guilt. Ten years in the making, this film is loosely based on the tragic events that rocked Winnipeg’s Jewish community in the late ‘80s and ‘90s when the principal of prominent Jewish academy denied allegations of sexual abuse. This film is dedicated to Daniel Levin, one of the alleged victims who came forward with accusations, and who later committed suicide at the age of 17.

Cast

Daniel Silver is Doveed Maccabee
Doveed Maccabee
Tom Keenan is Chaim Maccabee
Chaim Maccabee
Eve Majzels is Yael Maccabee
Yael Maccabee
Blake Taylor is Menachem Maccabee
Menachem Maccabee
Adriana O'Neil is Sarah Maccabee
Sarah Maccabee
John Bluethner is Howard Kleinman
Howard Kleinman
Leah Pasuta Katz is Hannah Kleinman
Hannah Kleinman
Jessica Burleson is Rebecca Kleinman
Rebecca Kleinman
Spencer Maybee is Alex/Areyeh
Alex/Areyeh
Jennifer Koenig is Nicole Weinstein
Nicole Weinstein
Jon Ted Wynne is Rabbi Ben-Yitzhak
Rabbi Ben-Yitzhak