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  • 2017
  • 1 h 14 m
  • 2017
  • 1 h 14 m

Summary Thy Father's Chair brings audiences into the world of Abraham and Shraga, Orthodox Jewish twins who live a secluded existence in their inherited Brooklyn home. Since the death of their parents, they have stopped throwing away anything, hosting stray cats and accumulating all sorts of stuff. Enraged by the situation, the upstairs tenant t...

  • 2017
  • 1 h 14 m
  • 2017
  • 1 h 14 m

Thy Father's Chair

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Summary Thy Father's Chair brings audiences into the world of Abraham and Shraga, Orthodox Jewish twins who live a secluded existence in their inherited Brooklyn home. Since the death of their parents, they have stopped throwing away anything, hosting stray cats and accumulating all sorts of stuff. Enraged by the situation, the upstairs tenant t...

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 5 Critic Reviews
81
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 5 Critic Reviews
81
100% Positive
5 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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90
Oct 12, 2017
This immersive, richly detailed snapshot of hoarders undergoing a mandated apartment cleaning is equal parts horror film and existential howl.
By Jordan Hoffman FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 19, 2017
An enigmatic, if perhaps hopeful, epilogue caps this sad, strange, at times weirdly poignant portrait.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 12, 2017
The movie, directed by Antonio Tibaldi and Alex Lora, is quiet and quietly moving and quite different from “Hoarders” in its steady pace and poetic vérité style.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 26, 2017
Neatly divided into seven discrete chapters plus prologue and epilogue, it's a necessarily repetitive but engrossing and ultimately optimistic glimpse into a troubled situation entering belated turnaround.
By Neil Young FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 13, 2017
Some interesting things start to happen in Thy Father's Chair as the cleaners make headway, room by room.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW

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Production Company GraffitiDoc, Inicia Films, No Permits Produktions
Release Date Oct 13, 2017
Duration 1 h 14 m
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Website http://www.graffitidoc.it/
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Awards

Queens World Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Docudays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Euganea Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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