Title: Phenomenal film; just one minor quibble
Product review: I loved this movie. I've watched the uncanny opening scene several times on Youtube. I'm puzzled by oneapparent dramaturgical error. The wife stabs a learned rabbi, thinking he is a dybbuk because she heard fromher cousin that this man had actually died 3 years ago. A dybbuk however is a living person who has been possessedby the spirit of a dead person. Its physical appearance is that of the living one, not the dead one, so it is notpossible for the rabbi to be a dybbuk in the way that the wife thinks he is. Of course, we can interpret that thewife herself misunderstands or does not know the distinction between a dybbuk and a ghost or revenant.This is only a minor quibble. The movie manages to be bleak and hilarious at the same time, in truly Kafkaesquefashion. I highly recommend it.
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