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Basman was born in Zurich, Switzerland, to a Swiss Christian mother and an Israeli-Jewish father, both of whom were tailors in the Swiss fashion industry. He grew up in the neighborhood of Aussersihl and was raised bilingual, speaking Swiss-German and Hebrew .
Dec 2, 2019 · Motti Wolkenbruch, played by Joel Basman (whose performance won him the 2019 Swiss Film Award for Best Actor), lives a routine Orthodox life controlled by his mother, Judith—the ultimate Jewish mother stereotype. All Judith wants is for Motti to marry a nice Jewish girl and make babies.
Nov 26, 2019 · Joel Basman (“Land of Mine”) plays Mordechai “Motti” Wolkenbruch, a college student who endures a series of excruciating shidduchs arranged by his mama (Inge Maux) while clandestinely dating...
- Gerri Miller
Motti is a good Jewish boy dominated by his mother. He is in college studying economics for his family. Motti's mother constantly arranges dates for Motti, hoping he will marry soon. In class, he meets Laura. Unlike Motti's other dates, he is interested in Laura. But she is not Jewish and therefore a 'shiksa' in Yiddish.
Nov 2, 2019 · Basman is Jewish, but, like Meyer, was not raised religiously. He and Steiner credited one of Basman’s friends from the community for checking their accuracy on details such as correcting when...
Nov 4, 2019 · But Motti, who is played by the Swiss-Israeli actor Joel Basman, ends up falling for a non-Jewish student named Laura, whom he meets at university.
Jan 23, 1990 · Basman was born in Zurich, Switzerland, to a Swiss Christian mother and an Israeli-Jewish father, both of whom were tailors in the Swiss fashion industry. He grew up in the neighborhood of Aussersihl and was raised bilingual, speaking Swiss-German and Hebrew.
