"You can reach ecstasy through prayer... or you can buy it on the street"
Mendy is a young Brookyln Hasid who leaves the strict rules of his insular and repressive community to join his childhood friend, Yankel, who is living securlary in Manhattan. Mendy's struggle to integrate his faith and traditions with the modern world are influenced by his growing friendship with Bianca, Yankel's free spirited Brazilian roommate.
Ivan Sandomire
Mendy
Spencer Chandler
Yankel
Gabriela Dias
Mendy
Jonathan Hova
Michael
Deana Barone
Gittie
Elizabeth Cano
Maria
Kristen Cecala
Beth
Yelena Shmulenson
The Girl at the Shabbes Table
Isaac Stern
Moishe-Volf
Mendy is a young Brookyln Hasid who leaves the strict rules of his insular and repressive community to join his childhood friend, Yankel, who is living securlary in Manhattan. Mendy's struggle to integrate his faith and traditions with the modern world are influenced by his growing friendship with Bianca, Yankel's free spirited Brazilian roommate.
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