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The young Orthodox Jew, Motti Wolkenbruch, finds himself at a turning point. His beloved mother wants him to get married and presents one marriage candidate after the other. Unfortunately none of the woman pleases him, because they all look just like her. The situation gets even more complicated, when Motti secretly falls in love with the non-Jewish girl Laura, a so-called Shiksa.
Germany Germany Switzerland Switzerland
Noémie Schmidt Joel Basman Sunnyi Melles Udo Samel Inge Maux Alexander Seibt Oriana Schrage Philippe Graber Kamil Krejčí Lena Kalisch Rachel Braunschweig Meytal Gal Eli Gorenstein Idit Teperson Andreas Pegler Michael Rutman Aaron Arens Shelley Kästner Joey Zimmermann Friederike Frerichs Ray Baer Kaspar Weiss Judith Goldberg Yotam Korem Siegmund Tischendorf Michael von Burg Eylon Kindler Lea Whitcher Oliver Rickenbacher Thomas Meyer Brenna Larsen Kay Kysela Anina Mutter Tatjana Ochsner Jessica Oswald Zoe Simijonovic Thomas Städeli Klemens Niklaus Trenkle
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