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Sunday, January 14 at 1:30pm Miami Theater Center
Sunday, January 21 at 1:00pm The Hub at Temple Beth Am

France | 93 minutes | 2023

Stay With Us

Florida Premiere

French-Jewish entertainer Gad Elmaleh (one of France’s best-loved comedians) 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 a figurine of the Virgin Mary in his suitcase, he is forced to admit his secret — and for them, it's a nightmare! Determined to bring Gad back to reason and to his Jewishness, they turn his conversion into a battlefield — as Gad tries to make them understand that his sincere beliefs do not change his identity and the love he has for his family. Delicately facing a difficult topic, this affirmation of faith and family features moving, semi-improvised performances and trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf’s gentle fusion score. Stay With Us is a gentle family comedy that puts a unique spin on humanity’s age-old search for truth.

Director's Bio

Directed by Gad Elmaleh

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Gad Elmaleh is one of the biggest and most recognizable comedic talents in the world. His first English-language special, Gad Elmaleh: American Dream, is now available on Netflix. He has also starred in Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin and Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris.

Cast and Credits

Director

Gad Elmaleh

Screenwriter

Gad Elmaleh, Benjamin Charbit

Cinematographer

Thomas Brémond

Editor

Camille Delprat

Cast

Gad Elmaleh, Régine Elmaleh, David Elmaleh

Film Info

Year

2023

Country

France

Run-time

93 minutes

Language

French with English subtitles
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