Holy Rollers is another look at the classic struggle to make one's own way in life. It was inspired by true events in the 1990s in New York, when orthodox Jews were acting as mules to smuggle the drug ecstasy into the US from Europe. However, the story line and characters are fictional. Introduced at the Sundance Film Festival early this year, it is now in the movie theaters and will come out on DVD in October 2010.
The hero is Sam Gold, a young Hasidic Jew growing up in Brooklyn and being trained as a rabbi. His father hopes to arrange a good match for him, one that will raise him above the poverty his family has known. As the boy grows older, he shows an aptitude for business which his family firmly discourages.
As Sam begins to show signs of resenting living up to his family's expectations, he is approached by the older brother of his bast friend, who persuades both innocents to take an exciting trip overseas to bring back 'medicine' to those denied it in the US. The boys soon have their first encounter with the nightclub scene in Amsterdam.
With no encouragement or understanding from his father and no fulfillment in his spiritual life, the young man is ripe to be recruited for an exciting trip to Europe to bring 'medicine' back into the country. The older brother of Sam's best friend entices both innocents to make an initial run. Although his friend pulls out once the true nature of their task is revealed, Sam is caught up in the lure of the life he has glimpsed.
Sam is seduced by money and excitement to continue walking on the dark side, where his business instincts are recognized and appreciated. He is soon deep in a double life and gradually loses his faith, his family, and his community. He also begins to experiment with the drugs he is smuggling and falls in love with the beautiful but doomed girlfriend of the drug lord he works for.
Things are further complicated by Sam's infatuation with the dealer's girl friend, who he would like to save from her own addiction. As he learns that the relationships in his new life are either hopeless or dangerous, he begins to look for God in the middle ground between the unrealistic expectations of his youth and the wasteland of his present.
Sam, struggling to find God on the middle ground between the temptations of the world and the straitjacket of his old life, is soon on the run, trying to decide which way to go in the future. No matter how he acts, he will hurt others in his life if he wants to save his own.
The title is ironic. The original holy rollers were pentecostal Christians who found ecstasy in worship. The Hasidic Jews of the 1990s, who made perfect mules because they seemed to be above suspicion, were bringing in a drug that supposedly allowed people find the same euphoria in a chemical.
Holy Rollers the movie stars Jesse Eisenberg as the troubled young Jew learning to make his own choices and control his own future. - 40731
The hero is Sam Gold, a young Hasidic Jew growing up in Brooklyn and being trained as a rabbi. His father hopes to arrange a good match for him, one that will raise him above the poverty his family has known. As the boy grows older, he shows an aptitude for business which his family firmly discourages.
As Sam begins to show signs of resenting living up to his family's expectations, he is approached by the older brother of his bast friend, who persuades both innocents to take an exciting trip overseas to bring back 'medicine' to those denied it in the US. The boys soon have their first encounter with the nightclub scene in Amsterdam.
With no encouragement or understanding from his father and no fulfillment in his spiritual life, the young man is ripe to be recruited for an exciting trip to Europe to bring 'medicine' back into the country. The older brother of Sam's best friend entices both innocents to make an initial run. Although his friend pulls out once the true nature of their task is revealed, Sam is caught up in the lure of the life he has glimpsed.
Sam is seduced by money and excitement to continue walking on the dark side, where his business instincts are recognized and appreciated. He is soon deep in a double life and gradually loses his faith, his family, and his community. He also begins to experiment with the drugs he is smuggling and falls in love with the beautiful but doomed girlfriend of the drug lord he works for.
Things are further complicated by Sam's infatuation with the dealer's girl friend, who he would like to save from her own addiction. As he learns that the relationships in his new life are either hopeless or dangerous, he begins to look for God in the middle ground between the unrealistic expectations of his youth and the wasteland of his present.
Sam, struggling to find God on the middle ground between the temptations of the world and the straitjacket of his old life, is soon on the run, trying to decide which way to go in the future. No matter how he acts, he will hurt others in his life if he wants to save his own.
The title is ironic. The original holy rollers were pentecostal Christians who found ecstasy in worship. The Hasidic Jews of the 1990s, who made perfect mules because they seemed to be above suspicion, were bringing in a drug that supposedly allowed people find the same euphoria in a chemical.
Holy Rollers the movie stars Jesse Eisenberg as the troubled young Jew learning to make his own choices and control his own future. - 40731
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