Directed by Naomi Jaye |
Canada, 2013 (fiction, 85 minutes, colour, English / Yiddish) |
Film Description: "Two young people find love while in hiding during WWII. The boy Jacob, now an old man, works as a Shomer, a religious watchman responsible for guarding the souls of the dead before their burial. One night he comes face-to-face with his long lost love Leah when her dead body is wheeled into the morgue where he works. As he is presented with a final chance at redemption, he recalls the brief but intense circumstances of his love affair with Leah." -- Scythia Films (source) |
Film Credits (partial): | |
Written by: | Naomi Jaye |
Produced by: | Daniel Bekerman, Naomi Jaye, Coral Aiken, Adam Burrows, Lori Fischburg, Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith, C.C. Hang, Daniel J. Heffner, Ketura Kestin, Harrison Kordestani, Arti Modi |
Principal Cast: | Milda Gecaite, Paskal Vaklev, Grisha Pasternak, David Fox |
Cinematography: | Michael LeBlanc |
Film Editing: | Jorge Weisz |
Music: | Ivo Paunov |
Production Company: | 982 Media, Darius Films, Scythia Films, Serendipity Productions, Tremendous Productions |