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PRAYING WITH LIOR

Director:

  Ilana Trachtman
  

Year Released:

  2007

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3 out of 5

n/a out of 5

Key Performances:

  Lior Liebling
  Lior's Father
  Lior's Birth Mother
  Lior's Step Mother
  More Family & Friends
Movie Haiku:Kid born with Down's Syndrome loses Mom to cancer in early childhood, but it's OK because everyone loves him. Filmmakers ask NO hard questions (e.g., does anyone in this family work for a living?), & all the uplift feels manufactured for the cameras. Impossible not to cry during Bar Mitzvah scenes, but Oy! Rating = Jan Only; Rich has NOT seen film [yet].

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2008