If the purpose here is to show how trapped a person can be in the closed, anti-intellectual environment of ultra orthodox Judaism and the hasidic tradition, how insanity is as close as sanity, then the film does the job rather well. It shows with comedy as well as pain how an ultra religious Jew in mourning can indeed go crazy. Jewish burial prayers say little about the grief of the family involved and almost all about God's greatness and glory -- in other words nothing of comfort for anyone but God!
On the other hand some of the things this Jewish mourner does to find ultimate peace, especially his encounter with dead bodies and dead and alive pigs is beyond belief.
All in all I would not recommend it to anyone.
On the other hand some of the things this Jewish mourner does to find ultimate peace, especially his encounter with dead bodies and dead and alive pigs is beyond belief.
All in all I would not recommend it to anyone.