Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor in Upstate New York and distraught at the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace, while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert, a local community college biology professor, the two embark on a darkly comic and increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld.
Géza Röhrig
as Shmuel
Matthew Broderick
as Albert
Sammy Voit
as Naftali
Leo Heller
as Noam
Isabelle Phillips
as Shprintzel
Sarah Jes Austell
as Lab Receptionist
Natalie Carter
as Security Guard
Bern Cohen
as Reb Goshen
Linda Frieser
as Wake Goer
Ben Hammer
as Rebbe
Marceline Hugot
as Carol
Andrew Keenan-Bolger
as Doctor
