World to Come

World to Come

102 mins | Drama | July 11, 2015

A nightmarish premonition prompts the sudden return of a man named Doveed to his hometown where he confronts the neglect of its past and his own spiritual crisis. In the wake of a childhood friend’s suicide, he re-enters a religious community that is locked in a lingering standstill, ruined by the brutality of repression, and lost in the shadows of collective guilt. Ten years in the making, this film is loosely based on the tragic events that rocked Winnipeg’s Jewish community in the late ‘80s and ‘90s when the principal of prominent Jewish academy denied allegations of sexual abuse. This film is dedicated to Daniel Levin, one of the alleged victims who came forward with accusations, and who later committed suicide at the age of 17.

World to Come

102 mins | Drama | July 11, 2015

World to Come
A nightmarish premonition prompts the sudden return of a man named Doveed to his hometown where he confronts the neglect of its past and his own spiritual crisis. In the wake of a childhood friend’s suicide, he re-enters a religious community that is locked in a lingering standstill, ruined by the brutality of repression, and lost in the shadows of collective guilt. Ten years in the making, this film is loosely based on the tragic events that rocked Winnipeg’s Jewish community in the late ‘80s and ‘90s when the principal of prominent Jewish academy denied allegations of sexual abuse. This film is dedicated to Daniel Levin, one of the alleged victims who came forward with accusations, and who later committed suicide at the age of 17.
Producers Film Fold Pictures
Original title World to Come
Directors Trevor Mowchun, Daniel Eskin
Writers Trevor Mowchun, Daniel Eskin

Cast

Daniel Silver

as Doveed Maccabee

Tom Keenan

as Chaim Maccabee

Eve Majzels

as Yael Maccabee

Blake Taylor

as Menachem Maccabee

Adriana O'Neil

as Sarah Maccabee

John Bluethner

as Howard Kleinman

Leah Pasuta Katz

as Hannah Kleinman

Jessica Burleson

as Rebecca Kleinman

Spencer Maybee

as Alex/Areyeh

Jennifer Koenig

as Nicole Weinstein

Jon Ted Wynne

as Rabbi / Rabbi Ben-Yitzhak

Jeremy Kozielec

as Drug dealer/man in playground

Kaleigh Mowchun

as Young Hannah