
Perfecting the Art of Longing(2021)
A Stroke Left Him Isolated. Love Is His Lifeline.
Cut off from his loved ones due to the strict COVID-19 lockdown at the long-term care facility where he lives, a quadriplegic rabbi is filmed by his daughter while reflecting on love, mortality and longing.

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