Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor in Upstate New York and distraught at the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace, while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert, a local community college biology professor, the two embark on a darkly comic and increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld.
Shmuel
Albert
Noam
Shprintzel
Security Guard
Reb Goshen
Rebbe
Carol
Doctor
Receptionist
Judy
Stanley
Patient
Hasidic Jewess sitting shiva with Faigy
Shmuel
Albert
Noam
Shprintzel
Security Guard
Reb Goshen
Rebbe
Carol
Doctor
Receptionist
Judy
Stanley
Patient
Hasidic Jewess sitting shiva with Faigy