IN THEATRES BEGINNING FEBRUARY 8

SYNOPSIS

Shmuel (Géza Röhrig), a Hasidic cantor in Upstate New York, distraught by the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace, while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert (Matthew Broderick), a local community college biology professor, the two embark on a darkly comic and increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld.

Theatrical Release Date: February 8, 2019

NOT YET RATED | 1H 32MIN

GENRE: DRAMA, COMEDY

DIRECTED BY

Shawn Snyder

WRITTEN BY

Jason Begue, Shawn Snyder

STARRING

Géza Röhrig

Matthew Broderick

Theatrical Release Date: February 8, 2019

NOT YET RATED | 1H 32MIN

GENRE: DRAMA, COMEDY

SYNOPSIS

Shmuel (Géza Röhrig), a Hasidic cantor in Upstate New York, distraught by the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace, while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert (Matthew Broderick), a local community college biology professor, the two embark on a darkly comic and increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld.

DIRECTED BY

Shawn Snyder

WRITTEN BY

Jason Begue, Shawn Snyder

STARRING

Géza Röhrig

Matthew Broderick

“Shmuel and Albert may be the funniest odd couple since Broderick and Nathan Lane’s Leo Bloom and Max Bialystock.”

– Barbara Hoffman, NY Post

GALLERY

“A masterpiece of tone, balancing comedy with depth and emotional measure.”

– John Wedemeyer, MXDWN ​