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Laughing at the Absurd
Is Nothing Sacred?

Shiva Baby (2020)

Director: Emma Seligman.

Shiva, a Jewish mourning rite, is intended as a space of dignified communal grief. Here it becomes the source of farce. The gathering of people to honour the dead turns into an anxiety-filled trip filled with judgement and gossip.

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