Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Presents "Reste un peu" (in French)

**This screening includes a Q&A session.

About the Film

Paralleling his own real conversion to Catholicism, French-Jewish entertainer Gad Elmaleh takes a journey of spiritual discovery in this poignant, warmly humorous self-portrait. Fusing fictional and autobiographical elements, Elmaleh directs and stars—alongside his Jewish-Moroccan family—in this religious “coming out.” Harboring a crisis of faith, the actor-comedian returns home to Paris after some years in America. When his bewildered parents (Elmaleh’s actual mother and father, portraying themselves) discover their son’s plans to be baptized, a tumultuous struggle for acceptance ensues. Delicately facing a difficult topic, this affirmation of faith and family features moving, semi-improvised performances and trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf’s gentle fusion score.

Director(s): Gad Elmaleh

Type: Narrative Feature

Run Time: 93 minutes

Additional Details

Country: France

Year: 2022

Premiere Status: East Coast Premiere

Languages: French

Subtitles: Yes

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