The Chosen One

Dec 31, 2022

0h 19m

★ 10.0

It's much easier to shave your beard than to shed who you are.

Overview

After impulsively shaving off his beard and sidelocks, a young Hasidic man experiences a nightmarish transformation that leads him right back to where he started. Over the course of one painful night, Eli Eisenstein will come to realize that it’s much easier to shave your beard than to shed who you are.

Genres

Horror

Drama

Production Companies

Bin Salam

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Cast

Eli Eisenstein

Luzer Twersky

Stephanie

Malky Goldman

Leah Eisenstein

Arva Rose

Duvid Leib Eisenstein

Mike Burstyn

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0.0

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The Chosen One

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