Praying With Lior
Friday, April 4 • 12:30 AM • Leon & Toby Cooperman JCC.jpg)
Encore Presentation
Lior Liebling has Down syndrome and has spent his entire life praying with utter abandon. Is he a “spiritual genius,” as many around him say, or simply the vessel containing everyone’s unfulfilled wishes and expectations? As Lior approaches his bar mitzvah, different characters provide a window into life spent “praying with Lior.”
Audience Award Winner, Best Documentary, 2007 Washington Jewish Film Festival; Audience Award Winner, Best Documentary, 2007 Boston Jewish Film Festival
“A crowd-pleasing delight! Intimate and involving, fascinating and extraordinary!”
- Variety
“Engages us on so many levels it transcends its middle-class Jewish milieu… It depicts a warm and nurturing community that gathers around Lior, both to protect him and to be transformed by his miraculous presence. It’s about cruel limitations and sudden, blessed freedoms. CRITIC'S PICK!” -David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Director: Ilana Trachtman
Country: United States
Year: 2007
Length: 87 minutes
Format: Beta Sp
Language: English