Storyline

In this film, documentarian Pearl Gluck chronicles her Hasidic Jewish upbringing and her subsequent, more secular life as a Manhattanite. Gluck then documents her return trip to her old neighborhood, where she tries to reconcile with her devout father, who hopes that she will move back to Brooklyn. Gluck strikes an on-camera compromise with her dad, and agrees to trek to Hungary in order to find a long-lost family heirloom -- a couch that many notable rabbis have crashed on.

Plot Keywords

jew, great-grandfather, filmmaker, relative, rabbi, touching, amusing, fascinating, brooklyn, n.y., budapest, hungary, ukraine, father/daughter relationship, holocaust, ancestry, religious differences, family, growing up, adventure, discovery, 2000s

Short Review

A sly, sweet, and consistently enlightening documentary about family, love, and religion ... and a couch.

Trailer

Streaming Service

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