Directed by:
Eric SteelCinematography:
Ole Bratt BirkelandCast:
Samuel H. Levine, Ron Rifkin, Christopher McCann, Mark Margolis, Richard Topol, Brooke Bloom, Alex Hurt, Chinaza Uche, Chris Perfetti, Zane Pais, Eli Rosen (more)VOD (1)
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For a Jewish prayer community or “minyan” to be able to hold a service, it must consist of at least ten practising Jews. David, who was born into a Russian immigrant family, is 17 years old and regularly helps out at minyans in Brighton Beach, a district of New York that is characterised by Jewish life. His father, a former boxing coach, his mother and his beloved grandfather all take this for granted. But David, who is just starting to tentatively explore life in the East Village gay scene, gradually begins to question the strict rules of his community and makes friends with two elderly gay Jews. At the same time, David’s sexual awakening cannot help but be affected by the emergence of HIV and AIDS. Director Eric Steel sets his sensitive portrait of a gay Jewish youth in the as yet un-gentrified, roughshod New York of the 1980s. In his feature-film debut, he depicts unobtrusively and with quiet humour how one young man squares social attributions – immigrant, Jew, homosexual – with his own feelings and learns to define them anew. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Samuel H. Levine
Best movies:
Indignation (2016)
Minyan (2020)
The Transfiguration (2016)
![Ron Rifkin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/680/162680587_783539.jpg)
Ron Rifkin
USA
Best movies:
L.A. Confidential (1997)
JFK (1991)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Christopher McCann
USA
Best movies:
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997) (TV movie)
God's Pocket (2014)
![Mark Margolis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/882/167882118_30hqad.jpg)
Mark Margolis
USA
Best movies:
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Scarface (1983)
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) (video compilation)
Richard Topol
Best movies:
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Remember Sunday (2013) (TV movie)
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997) (TV movie)
![Brooke Bloom](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/216/163216236_d99254.jpg)
Brooke Bloom
USA
Best movies:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
She's Lost Control (2014)
![Alex Hurt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/176/166176033_c728a4.jpg)
Alex Hurt
Best movies:
Minyan (2020)
The River Why (2010)
Chinaza Uche
UK
Best movies:
A Good Person (2023)
Minyan (2020)
Mother of George (2013)
![Chris Perfetti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/453/166453408_287320.jpg)
Chris Perfetti
USA
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Sound of Metal (2019)
Looking: The Movie (2016) (TV movie)
Zane Pais
USA
Best movies:
Minyan (2020)
Margot at the Wedding (2007)
The Independent (2022)
![Eleanor Reissa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/962/168962404_4hjxuh.jpg)
Eleanor Reissa
USA
Best movies:
Minyan (2020)
A Stranger Among Us (1992)
Elizabeth Loyacano
Best movies:
Memory (2023)
Demolition (2015)
Minyan (2020)