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iMordecai (2022)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mordecai Samel is a Holocaust survivor. He grew up in a different time and does not fully understand youth and modern life. His son gives him an iPhone, and the gadget becomes a guide for Mordecai to a new reality and a tool to get closer to the world. A comedy about how technology can help you fall in love with life anew and rethink it.
Style:
f word
Plot:
gambling, father son relationship, family secret, shopping mall, cigar, plumber, flashback, birthday party, mural, art exhibition, holocaust survivor, jealous wife, voice over narration, stand up comedy, albert einstein, community center, world, arcade, public restroom, cigar smoking, hit by a car, apartment, iphone, jackhammer
Place:
miami
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