When Do We Eat? (2005 film)
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Directed by | Salvador Litvak |
Written by | Nina Davidovich Salvador Litvak |
Produced by | Horatio C. Kemeny |
Starring | Michael Lerner Lesley Ann Warren Jack Klugman Shiri Appleby Mili Avital Ben Feldman Adam Lamberg |
Cinematography | M. David Mullen |
Production company | When Do We Eat? Inc. |
Distributed by | THINKFilm |
Release dates |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Languages | English, Hebrew |
Box office | $431,513[1] |
When Do We Eat? is a 2005 American comedy film directed by Salvador Litvak and starring Michael Lerner, Lesley Ann Warren, Jack Klugman, Shiri Appleby, Mili Avital, Ben Feldman, and Adam Lamberg.
Synopsis
When Do We Eat? is the story of a dysfunctional Jewish family's Passover Seder. This is the family's first Seder in three years and the tension is high. Before the Seder, Zeke (Ben Feldman) slips his father (Michael Lerner) a pill that he believes to be a combination of ecstasy and LSD. As the night continues, the family releases secrets that cause fights but bring them closer in the end.
Characters
- Ira - The father of the family. Ira manufactures and distributes Christmas ornaments for a living.
- Peggy - A stay-at-home mother. Raises money for autism awareness.
- Artur - Ira's father and a survivor of the Holocaust. He carries a suitcase wherever he goes in case the Nazis come and he has to run.
- Zeke - A high school student who enjoys recreational drugs.
- Ethan - After failing in business, he becomes more involved in religion, becoming a Hasidic Jew.
- Jennifer - Ira's daughter from a previous marriage. Types closed-captioning for a living.
- Nikki - A professional sex surrogate who assists men in getting over their fears of intimacy.
- Lionel - Pretending to be an idiot savant, with a fascination of the number 7.
- Grace - Jennifer's Protestant girlfriend who is attending her first Seder.
- Vanessa - A first cousin to the Stuckmans. Vanessa is a celebrity publicist.
- Rafi - An Israeli and a professional tent builder invited to the Seder.
Cast
- Michael Lerner as Ira
- Arman Manyan as Ira as Young Boy
- Caleb Armstrong as Ira as a Toddler
- Joshua Weinstein as Ira as Young Man
- Lesley Ann Warren as Peggy
- Beth Ann Warren as Young Peggy
- Jack Klugman as Artur
- Jeremy Glazer as Young Artur
- Meredith Scott Lynn as Jennifer
- Shiri Appleby as Nikki
- Victoria Justice as Young Nikki
- Mili Avital as Vanessa
- Ben Feldman as Zeke
- Adam Lamberg as Lionel
- Max Greenfield as Ethan
- Kane Ritchotte as Young Ethan
- Cynda Williams as Grace
- Mark Ivanir as Rafi
Awards and nominations
- deadCENTER Film Festival in Oklahoma City: Winner - Best Narrative Feature
- Napa/Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival: Winner - Best Comedy
- Reno Tahoe International Film Festival: Best Pick and Winner - Best Director
- San Diego Film Festival: Winner - Best Screenplay (Nina Davidovich & Salvador Litvak)[2]
References
- ^ "When Do We Eat". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "san diego film festival 2007: award winners". web.archive.org. 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2019-09-23.