My Mexican Shivah

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My Mexican Shivah
Directed by Alejandro Springall
Written by Jorge Goldenberg
Alejandro Springall
Starring Raquel Pankowsky
David Ostrosky
Sergio Kleiner
Distributed by Emerging Pictures
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
98 minutes
CountriesMexico
United States
LanguagesHebrew
Spanish
Yiddish

My Mexican Shivah is a 2007 Mexican-American comedy film directed by Alejandro Springall and starring Raquel Pankowsky, David Ostrosky and Sergio Kleiner. [1] [2]

Contents

Cast

Reception

The film has a 43% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [3] Eric Henderson of Slant Magazine awarded the film two stars out of four. [4]

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References

  1. Associated Press (7 September 2008). "My Mexican Shivah". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. Catsoulis, Jeannette (28 August 2008). "Jewish Ritual and Mariachi Band". The New York Times . Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. "My Mexican Shivah". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  4. Henderson, Eric (31 August 2008). "Review: My Mexican Shiva". Slant Magazine . Retrieved 5 December 2020.