One of Us

7
2017 1 hr 35 min Documentary

Penetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation.

  • Cast:
    Etty , Chani Getter , Ari Hershkowitz , Luzer Twersky

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Reviews

Cubussoli
2017/09/10

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Solemplex
2017/09/11

To me, this movie is perfection.

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Console
2017/09/12

best movie i've ever seen.

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Zandra
2017/09/13

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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julietkwan
2017/09/14

What else can I say? It's an amazing documentary. Powerful stories and great music, the directors are FABULOUS so it got snubbed by the Oscars.

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clmike-56948
2017/09/15

This documentary depicts Hasidic community like the source of the problems of the three individuals; but in fact those issues are in any community, any religion or any church. It is hard to believe that all boys are violated, all wives are abused just because they belong to the Hasidic community, I think everybody knows that none religion is perfect, and this movie shows that, they face the same issues like anybody else.

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praescaio
2017/09/16

This movie follows three separate stories on the same thread, the challenges of breaking away from a self-centered community and facing the ostracism it entails.The movie is complex, in the sense that every point of view depicted can be either justified or vilified without much effort, and deals with a theme that is both delicate and universal, not fitting in. The setting is hassidic, but I consider that more of a detail, for it could be any other closed group with very high demands of its members.

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mountainguy-47502
2017/09/17

Firstly, this documentary had excellent music in it... I grew up in a Pentecostal Christian Church which is kind of the equivalent of Hasidism. I know EXACTLY what these people are going through and their stories need to be told. This documentary captures the lack of humanity when an insulated community isolates people who break their rules.

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