Your bubbe's back from the dead and she's living rent-free in your body. Meshuggeneh.
An impulsive millennial mensch who gets possessed by the spirit of his dead Yiddish grandma.
Acting
Bunny Levine steals every scene as the spectral grandmother
Writing
Yiddish dialogue that feels authentic, not caricature
Direction
Lerer's short-film roots keep it tight and tender
Director
Emily Lerer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Expanded from Lerer's 2019 short film of the same name, which won at the Austin Film Festival.
The film joins a wave of Gen Z/Millennial Jewish media reclaiming Yiddishkeit from stereotype — think 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' but with actual spiritual stakes.
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