Le formidable envol de Motti Wolkenbruch (2018)

Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

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Joel Basman

Motti Wolkenbruch

Noémie Schmidt

Laura

Udo Samel

Tate Moishe Wolkenbruch

Sunnyi Melles

Frau Silberzweig

Inge Maux

Mame Judith Wolkenbruch

Lena Kalisch

Michal Süskind

Aaron Arens

Yossi

Meytal Gal Suisa

Jael
(as Meytal Gal Swisa)

Eli Gorenstein

Rabbi Jonathan
(as Eli Gornstein)

Idit Teperson

Malka the Rabbi's Wife

Rachel Braunschweig

Frau Süsskind

Lea Whitcher

Bracha Freudenberg

Friederike Frerichs

Bubbe Wolkenbruch

Michael von Burg

Schloime Wolkenbruch

Oriana Schrage

Dana Wolkenbruch

Oliver Rickenbacher

David Wolkenbruch

Judith Goldberg

Ruth Wolkenbruch

Shelley Kästner

Frau Freudenberg

Director
- Michael Steiner
Writer
- Thomas Meyer
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Featured reviews

4nepick

Bad Writing, Worse Stereotyping

This could have been a good movie, had the director bothered to avoid the oldest and most idiotic stereotypes of Jewish people and especially of Jewish mothers. Speaking as a Jewish mother myself, I pride myself on my caring and my psychological sophistication. The behavior of the mother in this movie, even in a comedy framework, made me cringe. What possible purpose did this overacting serve? Watch Schtisel or Shrugim if you want more satisfying and complex fare...

fuljah

a light European movie that makes you happy

The leading actor Joel Bassman was really cool and the movie was written and directed very adequately.. The supporting actors were all great.. I enjoyed it so much... I recommend it to anybody that wants a movie that will make them happy..

8mudiiiii

Realistic

A very realistic movie, gives us many of real situations in funny way. It is not related only with Jewish people. It fits well with any person belongs to a minority group in any place of the world. Especially if that minority group has strict rules to protect their values.

10felix-felixscaketeria

Loved it!

Ten or so years ago, My Big Fat Greek Wedding was all the rage. Think of this as the Jewish version. It's funny, sweet and touching. Be it Greek, Jewish, Italian - or any ethnic group that has strict controls and ideas about their families and children, this movie touches us all. As for me - My Big Fat Greek Wedding was spot on.

7meniek64

Coming of age

A low key movie about adulthood and choices that go beyond religions or nationalities. Not the most original film direction or acting of all times but honest and sweet. Worths the while

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Trivia
Official submission of Switzerland for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020.

Quotes
Motti: There's a very clear scheme of life for Jewish men: we are born, get circumcised on the eighth day, have our Bar Mitzvah at the age of thirteen, and later we marry a Jewish woman who is as pious as we are. And then it's time to make babies, one after another. And in between, we work and pray, become grandfathers and great-grandfathers until, one day, we die, and the soul becomes bound up in the eternal bundle of life. So it is written. Everything nicely laid out, whether you like it or not.