Praying with Lior

Watching a film about the life of a speech-impaired young Yeshiva student afflicted with Down syndrome sounds like a bleak way to spend 90 minutes, but producer-director Ilana Trachtman has created a captivating documentary with "Praying With Lior" -- one of the more uplifting true-life tales you're likely to see. Punctuated by touching family videos, the movie tells the story of Lior Liebling, the [...] Vai alla recensione »

Shot over three years in a close-knit Jewish Reconstructionist community in Philadelphia, “Praying With Lior” documents the extraordinary life of Lior Liebling, a rabbi’s son with Down syndrome and an obsessive love of prayer. While family and friends marvel over Lior’s putative spirituality, the director, Ilana Trachtman, captures a larger story.