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My Father My Lord

My Father My Lord

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 4, 2007

Runtime

1h 12m

Genres

Drama

User Score

64%

Original Title

חופשת קיץ

Production Companies

New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television, Cinema Project, Golden Cinema

Director

David Volach

Description

"My Father My Lord" is an intimate and deeply disturbing story of the conflict between a father's love and his deep devotion to religion. A respected Orthodox Rabbi dotes on his only son but his religious strictures leave an emotional gap between the impish child and the stern father. When the father's all-consuming obsession with observing religious ritual inadvertently leads to tragedy, his previously subservient wife rages against both her husband and God. A dramatic retelling of the story of Abraham.