Minyan (2020)
Coming Out at July 19, 2021 on HBO GO and October 22 in theaters
Drama
Minyan is drama film directed by Eric Steel, and written by David Bezmozgis, Daniel Pearle and Eric Steel. The film stars Samuel H. Levine, Alex Hurt, Ron Rifkin, Brooke Bloom, Christopher McCann, Mark Margolis and Chris Perfetti. The film primiered at February 22, 2020 on Berlin International Film Festival.
A young Russian Jewish immigrant in Brighton Beach, caught up in the tight constraints of his community, develops a close friendship with his grandfather’s new neighbors, two elderly closeted gay men who open his imagination to the possibilities of love and the realities of loss — and explores the East Village where he finds a world teeming with the energy of youth, desire and risk. Set in the late 1980s, as AIDS hammered New York City, Minyan is a powerful story of rebellion and self-discovery, sexual and spiritual awakening — and survival.
►Director: Eric Steel
►Writers: David Bezmozgis (short story), Daniel Pearle, Eric Steel
►Stars: Samuel H. Levine, Alex Hurt, Ron Rifkin, Brooke Bloom, Christopher McCann, Mark Margolis, Chris Perfetti
►Cast
| Samuel H. Levine | ► | David |
| Alex Hurt | ► | Bruno |
| Ron Rifkin | ► | Josef |
| Brooke Bloom | ► | Rachel |
| Christopher McCann | ► | Herschel |
| Mark Margolis | ► | Itzik |
| Chris Perfetti | ► | Eric |
| Carson Meyer | ► | Alicia |
| Zane Pais | ► | Nathan |
| Riley Barnes | ► | Yeshiva Bully 1 |
| Michael Broadhurst | ► | Driver 1 |
| Mark Bruk | ► | Rabbi |
| Lawrence Jansen | ► | Itzik’s Son |
| Amir Levy | ► | Driver 2 |
| Elizabeth Loyacano | ► | Mrs. Namovsky |
| Jonathan Raviv | ► | Junior Rabbi |
| Drew Reade | ► | Yeshiva Bully 2 |