"What's a Jew doing driving around in a Porsche early on the Sabbath?" That is the question 33-year-old Max Breslauer has to face when he hits a boy in downtown Amsterdam. His dilemma in life couldn't be symbolized better. For Max can no longer endure to stand in the shadow of his almighty father Simon, founder of the textile imperium "SuperTex" and a never-failing source of Yiddish sayings. In order to escape the patriarch's obsession with family tradition, Max leaves his father's company. When he makes the shocking discovery that Simon has been having an affair with the young "schickse" Maria for years without his wife Dora having the faintest idea, Max feels he did the right thing after all. But refusing his inheritance turns out to be harder for Max then he thought? At the tender age of 33 Max starts to search for his true self.
Key Information
Original Title | |
Genre |
Personal stories Family life Religious |
Produced by: | Telepool |
Year Of Production | 2003 |
Duration | 01h35h00h00 min |
Country Of Origin | Germany |
Language Versions | English [SUB TITLE], French [SUB TITLE], Spanish [SUB TITLE], English [OV] |
Cast & Crew
Director/s | Jan Schütte |
Cast | Stephen Mangan Jan Decleir Elliot Levey Maureen Lipman Tracy-Ann Obermann Anna Geislerová a.o. |
Producer/s | Haig Balian |
Writer/s | Richard Reitinger Andrew Kazamia and Jan Schuette based upon the novel by Leon de Winter |