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Morirse está en Hebreo (2007) is a Hebrew,Spanish,Yiddish movie. Alejandro Springall has directed this movie. Blanca Guerra,Martha Roth,Sergio Kleiner,Guillermo Murray are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2007. Morirse está en Hebreo (2007) is considered one of the best Comedy movie in India and around the world.
MORIRSE ESTA EN HEBREO (MY MEXICAN SHIVAH) is about how the death of a man results in the celebration of his life. According to Jewish belief, from the moment a Jew is born, he or she is accompanied by two angels: an angel of light and an angel of darkness. With the passing Moishe (75), his family and friends gather in Mexico City to sit shivah, the 7-day Jewish mourning ritual. The spirit angels, Aleph and Bet, divine accountants, only visible to the camera, watch over the family and calculate which angel will accompany Moishe's soul to the afterlife. The odds are against Moishe from the beginning. Family dysfunction aside, Moishe's friends are all attending for their own motives. And to make matters worse, while performing his duties, a Chevreman, who is a member of the Sacred Funeral Society, is milking the family for all they're worth: charging for kosher food, slippers and various other shivah goods. Emotionally unstable and obsessed with staying young, Moishe's daughter Esther, ...
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Interesante
A pretty decent little film. The movie examines the relationships of the members of a family in Mexico City that have gathered after the death of the patriarch of the family. The film doesn't focus as much on the deceased as on the family members. The characters and subplots were kept my attention as a whole, particularly the character of the grandson that had returned from Israel. The most interesting part of the film was learning about the customs and rituals of the Jewish faith when someone passes away. Overall a well paced film considering it mainly took place in a couple rooms in a house and unique in that I hadn't seen a Mexican film about the Jewish faith. Well done.
Next door miles away
Peeking into Jewish tradition with a Mexican background is not only amusing but it allows the viewer to enter a world that, although may exist next door to any one else living in Mexico City, remains shrouded in mystery for most. In the end I loved the fact that no matter how much the distinct customs of diverse faiths may differ from each other, there's something we all share as inhabitants of this great city which permeates it all and creates a common ground for all of us to exist (and cease existing) in some subtle unity. For any one interested in having a laugh and a peek into Jewish life in Mexico 'Morirse está en Hebreo' is a must along with 'Novia que te vea'.
Plagiarism
I recognize it. Was stronger than me. Impossible to relax and enjoy a feature film including, without any credit at all, work from other people. We all know plots exist in a limited number but when a film comes as an exact copy of an other (subplots, situations and punch lines included) I expect the original to be quoted as a form of respect for other people's work, your audience's intelligence and some integrity. I would only save the music (that's original, for sure) written by Jacob Lieberman and beautifully executed by the remains of the Klezmatics. The original movie, in case you want to give it a look is "Alles auf Zucker!", Dany Levy (Deutschland, 2004).
Stick a coupla forks in it...this one's a goner!
Consider the setting. We are in Mexico. A wildly popular Jewish thespian with a track record of infidelity falls flat dead at a party. In accordance with Jewish custom, the party revelers and his family "sit Shiva," a seven day period of mourning in which the deceased's loved ones cover all mirrors, adhere strictly to kosher dietary laws, and shun things like medical care. I won't say more than just that the fireworks begin when the mistress of the dead thespian arrives. Our primary focus is how the daughter and son of the deceased react to the "other woman," an attractive lady in her own right. The storyline is an inspired concept but it falls as flat dead as the thespian. While it is a humorous way of introducing us to a unique ceremony in a unique setting---complete with a Mariachi band in the last segment---the whole film comes off as a mildly funny soap opera. Not in the league of MY BIG FAT Greek WEDDING, but may find a welcome niche audience. AfroPixFlix prods two lonely forks here just enough to make sure this thing is dead.