Ezer Kenegdo 2017
"A friendship at odds with history, and two histories at odds with a friendship."
Overview
Frictions develop when Yisroel "Izzy" Jonigkeyt, a Chassidic Jew from Crown Heights, travels to San Francisco to visit Polish-born Catholic friend Marek Wisniewski with the intent of discovering why a Bay Area art-world iconoclast named Harry Kierk seeks to destroy a lifetime's worth of his own work. As the visit progresses, Izzy and Marek discover for the first time that complex historical baggage impinges on their curious friendship and, soon, they begin to understand why Kierk is driven towar
Director: Deniz Demirer
Cast
Daniel Kremer
Izzy Jonigkeyt
Deniz Demirer
Marek Wisniewski
Rob Nilsson
Harry Kierk
Josh Safdie
Levi
Kris Caltagirone
Irek
Penny Werner
Minnie