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'Praying With Lior'

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We can't actually be sure of this, but it seems pretty certain that "Praying with Lior" contains the most heart-wrenching bar mitzvah speech in the history of cinema. Those who don't choke up when Lior Liebling, the subject and hero of Ilana Trachtman's film portrait, speaks to his congregation should check his or her pulse.

A gentle, tender-hearted portrait of a devout young Jew with Down...

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