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Directed by | Shawn Snyder |
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Cinematography | Xavi Giménez |
Edited by | Allyson C. Johnson |
Music by | Ariel Marx |
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Distributed by | Good Deed Entertainment |
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Running time | 92 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $184,495[2] |
To Dust is a 2018 American comedy-drama film directed by Shawn Snyder (in his feature directorial debut), who co-wrote the screenplay with Jason Begue. It stars Géza Röhrig and Matthew Broderick, with Janet Sarno, Ben Hammer, Leo Heller, Sammy Voit, and Marceline Hugot in supporting roles. It follows a Hasidic cantor who, distraught by the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace.
The film had its world premiere at the 17th Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, 2018, where it won the Narrative Audience Award and Best New Narrative Director (for Snyder). It was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on February 8, 2019, by Good Deed Entertainment. It received positive reviews from critics, and was nominated for Best Screenplay (for Begue and Snyder) at the 35th Independent Spirit Awards.