Praying with Lior

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Praying with Lior
Directed by Ilana Trachtman
Produced byIlana Trachtman Roberta Morris Purdee
StarringLior Liebling
CinematographySlawomir Grunberg
Ari Haberberg
Edited by Zelda Greenstein
Music by Habib Shadah
Distributed by First Run Features
Release date
  • 1 February 2008 (2008-02-01)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$82,553 (US domestic) [1]

Praying with Lior is a 2008 documentary about a Jewish boy, Lior, who has Down syndrome. The film follows Lior and his family as they prepare for Lior's bar mitzvah. [2]

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References

  1. "Praying with Lior" Box Office Mojo. 23 August 2010.
  2. Catsoulis, Jeannette (1 February 2008). "An Obsessive Love of Prayer". The New York Times.