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Synopsis: "The Believer" explores a Jewish student's private journey to understand the meaning of Judaism in his life. Set in New York City, the Plot follows a morally confused young adult struggling with the conflict between his beliefs and his heritage. "The Believer" examines themes of religion, family, and self-loathing. It is a psychological examination into the forces of intolerance, both on the individual and society as a whole.

Genre: Drama

Director(s): Henry Bean

Actors: Ryan Gosling, Peter Meadows, Garret Dillahunt, Kris Eivers

Production: IDP Distribution

6 wins & 10 nominations.


IMDB:: 7.2
Metacritic:: 75
Rotten Tomatoes:: 83%

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: R
Year:: 2001
: 98 min
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- That guy would never go to shul.|- You wanna bet?
l bet you anything.
- l'm gonna go get a cop.|- Fine, get a cop.
Veyisromam veyisnaseh...
l'm sure it's him.
- (congregation) Baruch hu.|- (Danny) ..maIkeinu chatanu Iefanecha.
(congregation)|Avinu maIkeinu chatanu Iefanecha.
Avinu maIkeinu chatanu Iefanecha.
(congregation)|Avinu maIkeinu chatanu Iefanecha.
Avinu maIkeinu chatanu Iefanecha.
(congregation sing) = Avinu maIkeinu
= Chaneinu ve'aneinu
= Avinu maIkeinu
= Chaneinu ve'aneinu
= Ki ein Ianu ma'asim
= Aseh imanu
= Tzedakah vachesed
= Aseh imanu
= Tzedakah vachesed
= Vehoshiaynu
= Avinu maIkeinu
= Chaneinu ve'aneinu
= Avinu maIkeinu chaneinu ve'aneinu
= Ki ein Ianu ma'asim
= Aseh imanu...
- (people whisper) What's he doing?|- You gotta go.
You can daven, now daven.
- There's a bomb.|- Come on, Danny.
l came here last night and l put a bomb|under the bima. lt's gonna go off at 7.30.
You got five minutes to get everyone out.
- What did he say?|- There's a bomb! Go!
Bomb?
= Avinu maIkeinu...
- Oh, my God.|- We need to get out of the room.
Davy, get your wife outta here. Go!
We have an emergency!|Everybody needs to exit the building.
Everybody just go! Hurry!
Outside on the wall.
(anxious voices)
Mother, watch your step!
- Out that door!|- Danny!
Danny!
Danny!
Honey! Honey!
- Let's go!|- What about Danny?
- He's not coming.|- What do you mean he's not coming?
If you had come out of Egypt,...
..you wouId've been destroyed with|aII those who worshipped the goIden caIf.
Then Iet Him destroy me now.
Go ahead!
KiII me!
Here I am!
Do it!
(door slams)
Danny.
Glad you came back.
l wanted to take up that discussion|we were having.
l can't right now.
About Abraham and lsaac.|You remember what you said?
That lsaac actually died on Mount Moriah.
l've been thinking.|Maybe you were right about that.
You remember what you said?|That lsaac actually died on Mount Moriah.
l've been thinking.
Maybe you were right about that.
Died and then reborn...
..in the world to come.
You remember what you said?
That lsaac actually died on Mount Moriah.
l've been thinking.|Maybe you were right about that.
Died and then reborn...
..in the world to come.
Danny, stop.
Where do you think you're going?
Don't you know?
There's nothing up there.
(heavy footsteps continue)
..your onIy son whom you Iove,|Isaac,...
..and go unto the Iand of Moriah...
..and offer him there as a sacrifice,|on a mountain that I wiII show you.
So,...
..I wiII show you.
It was a test of Abraham's faith,...
..of his devotion to God.
It's not about Abraham's faith.|It's about God's power.
Abstraction.
Obsessive abstraction.
To kiII your own son.
(echoing) Cos I'm everything or nothing.
Or nothing.
Jews?
Judaism?
They're stiII just Jews.
Differences exist, of course.
Right, but they're irreIevant.
He was born a Jew.|His Jewishness dominates everything.
Do you want to announce it?
I wanna cut it out of the hearts...
Can't escape it.
Freud, Einstein, what have they given us?
..can't hammer naiIs or pIough a fieId...
They've defiIed sexuaIity.
..can't hammer naiIs or pIough a fieId...
Ahmet Ihsan Baser|aib@email.com

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Henry Bean

Henry Bean (born 1945) is an American screenwriter, film director, film producer, novelist, and actor. Most famous as a screenwriter, Bean wrote the screenplays for Internal Affairs, Deep Cover, Venus Rising, The Believer, Basic Instinct 2 and Noise. The Believer was awarded the dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Festival and the Golden St. George at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival.Bean, who is Jewish, also acted in The Believer, and was a producer on Deep Cover and Noise. He was the director for The Believer and Noise. Bean is also the inspiration for the protagonist of Noise. He was so tired of constant noise around him and his home in New York that he decided to take the law into his own hands. If a car alarm was going off and the owner of the vehicle didn't rectify the situation, Bean would break into the car to disable the offending car alarm. Bean was eventually arrested and jailed. He admits to doing it a few more times since. more…

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