Bad Shabbos

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Bad Shabbos
Directed by Daniel Robbins
Screenplay by
  • Zack Weiner
  • Daniel Robbins
Produced byAdam Mitchell
Starring
CinematographyMatt Clegg
Edited byKait Plum
Music by Eli Keszler
Release date
Running time
84 minutes

Bad Shabbos is a 2024 comedy film directed by Daniel Robbins and written by Robbins and Zack Weiner. The film stars Kyra Sedgwick as the matriarch of a Jewish family as tensions come to a head during a Shabbos dinner. It debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival where it won the Audience Award. [1] [2]

Contents

Premise

Over the course of a Shabbos dinner in New York City, an unexpected death causes familial tensions to rise to the surface. [1]

Cast

Release

Bad Shabbos premiered on June 10, 2024, in the Spotlight Narrative section of that year's Tribeca Festival. [1] [3]

Reception

Accolades

AwardCeremony dateCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Tribeca Festival 16 June 2024Audience AwardBad ShabbosWon [4]

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References

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