Summary
Pearl Gluck travels to Hungary to retrieve a turn-of-the-century family heirloom: a couch upon which esteemed rabbis once slept. En route for the ancestral divan, Pearl encounters a colorful cast of characters who provide guidance and inspiration.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+5)
Critics 83Audiences 78GoodWatch 67
Tomatometer95%
Metascore71
Audience score89%
IMDb6.6
Running time
1 h 16 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −20 min on the typical 96
typical 9676Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Released
2003
May 1, 2003
23 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
HebrewYiddishMade in
United States
Directing · 1
- Pearl Gluck Director
Writing · 1
- Susan Korda Co-Writer
Production · 1
- András Surányi Producer
Editing · 1
- Zelda Greenstein Editor
Sound · 1
- Frank London Music
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