To Dust

About To Dust

Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor in Upstate New York and distraught at the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace, while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert, a local community college biology professor, the two embark on a darkly comic and increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld.

To Dust is a 2019 comedy film directed by Shawn Snyder. Géza Röhrig takes the lead as Shmuel, Matthew Broderick as Albert, Sammy Voit as Naftali, and Leo Heller as Noam.

Released in February 2019, it runs 105 minutes. Written by Jason Begue and Shawn Snyder. It was produced by UnLTD Productions.

Shelv files it under hasidic judaism, dark comedy, death, and grief. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Chai Flicks in the United States. It carries a R rating.

Mandy, Manchester by the Sea, and Ghost make useful companions to To Dust.