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Rue Mandar
Year
2014
Language
FRENCH (ENGLISH subtitles)
Duration
1h 31m
Rating
NR
CC
Performers
Emmanuelle Devos, Richard Berry, Sandrine Kiberlain, Emmanuelle Bercot, Lionel Abelanski, Mehdi Nebbou
Directed By
Idit Cébula
Written By
Idit Cébula, Emmanuelle Michelet
Publication Information
Menemsha Films
Summary
Take a traditional Jewish funeral whose rituals no one can quite recall. Add a Yiddishkeit community in Paris, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and top it off with an ensemble cast of dysfunctional siblings. What you get in the assured hands of director Idit Cébula (Two Lives Plus One) is the charmingly poignant French film Rue Mandar. For elder brother Charles (Richard Berry), sister Rosemonde (Emmanuelle Devos, Coco Before Chanel) and youngest sibling Emma (Sandrine Kiberlain), their widowed mother's funeral marks the end of an era. Brought together after years of separation, they are soon squabbling over tradition, each other and what to do with their parents' apartment at 13 rue Mandar. Cébula reminds us the messy, sometimes humorous and often bittersweet business of death can lead to new beginnings.