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When Do We Eat? is a film of genre Comedy directed by Salvador Litvak released in USA on 7 april 2006 with Michael Lerner
When Do We Eat? (2006)
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Add to a movie listWhen Do We Eat? is a 2005 American comedy film.
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When Do We Eat? is the story of a dysfunctional Jewish family's Passover Seder. This is the family's first Seder in three years and the tension is high. Before the Seder, Zeke (Ben Feldman) slips his father (Michael Lerner) a pill that he believes to be a combination of ecstasy and LSD. As the night continues, the family releases secrets that cause fights but bring them closer in the end.Actors
Michael Lerner
(Ira Stuckman)
Lesley Ann Warren
(Peggy Stuckman)
Jack Klugman
(Artur)
Shiri Appleby
(Nikki)
Meredith Scott Lynn
(Jennifer)
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