crowd in an attempt to raise his standard of living so that he can
continue in the Hassidic tradition. This is a boy who works in his
fathers textile shop and is very devout. He is going into an arranged
marriage but is cancelled due to his perceived lower standard. He
falls into a Hassidic drug ring led by an Israeli drug kingpin.
Through the course if this movie the boy grows in his role as mule/
bookeeper until he gets "too smart" and is set up by the kingpin. Not
unexpectedly he attempts to return to his Hassidic ways. The acting is
pretty good - no award winning performances. Overall it was
entertaining and worth seeing. I am not sure it was a story that
needed to be told - I say this because it was a film inspired by
actual events. It is not a Hassidic version of "Blow" but a story of
going astray and finding out for yourself that you need to be helped
to get back on your path.
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