Family and friends sit shivah in Mexico City for Moishe Tartakovsky, a much beloved patriarch. Mourners include a Catholic ex-lover, an Orthodox ex-convict grandson, and a troupe of mariachi musicians. Two Yiddish-speaking spirits wryly observe the mourners while accounting for Moishe's soul. My Mexican Shivah is a charming comedy based on a story by Ilan Stavans and produced by John Sayles and Maggie Renzi, featuring a score performed by The Klezmatics. In Spanish, Hebrew, and Yiddish, with English subtitles. more at emergingpictures.com 35mm
2006, color, 1 hour 42 minutes, Mexico