To Dust 2018

     Shmuel is a Hasidic cantor in upstate New York.  He is very depressed, upset and distraught by the sudden death of his wife from cancer.  He struggles to find peace and solace.  He begins a secret obsession over how her body will decay now that she has been buried?  He goes to see Albert, a biology professor at a local community college.  They talk at length about the process and Shmuel looks at a film the professor shows him about how a small pig would decay?

     This may be the most different and weird film I have ever seen?  I didn’t realize what the title really meant?  It is probably amazing that this film was ever made?  In a review, a theater attendee said there were 10 people watching the film, two couples left after 20 minutes and didn’t come back.  That left 6 people watching the entire film?  3* (This movie was OK)

105 min, Drama directed by Sean Snyder with Geza Rohirig, Matthrew Broderick, Sammy Voit, Bern Cohen, Ben Hammer, Leo Heller, Marceline Hugot, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jill Marie Lawrence, Larry Owens, Isabelle Phillips. 

Note:  Imdb 5.5* out of 10, Roger Ebert 3*, Rotten Tomatoes, 88% critic 75% audience, Metacritic 66 out of 100 with 16 critics, Amazon 3.4* out of 5* with 11 reviews, ChicagoTribune.com 2.5* out of 5* Michael O’Sullivan.

Special Note:  The scenes at the community college were filmed at the City University of New York’s College of Staten Island.  The end credits show that this movie was in memory of a family of the Director Sean Snyder, Linda Snyder.  Tribeca Film Festival 2018 winner Audience Award.  Producers of this film were Emily Mortimer, Alessandro Nivola and Ron Perlman.  The domestic total gross as of 4/25/19 was $184,495.