Welcome to your weekend streaming recommendations, a.k.a. the Weekend Watch, a handy guide to the queerest film and TV content that’s just a click away!Passover begins at sundown this coming Monday, April 22.
Jews everywhere (well, the writer of this article, at least) will be sitting down for awkward family seders with family they only see on holidays.
For those in need of a welcome distraction, this week’s streaming picks are about the intersections of the queer and Jewish experiences, dealing with family, love and tradition. Read on for Jewish LGBTQ+ picks to stream this weekend.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Mikael Buch’s side-splitting 2011 comedy about a dysfunctional Jewish family stars Nicolas Maury as Ruben, a French mailman in Finland whose life and sexy romance implode right before Passover.
Ruben goes home to Paris to stay with his family, including mom Rachel (Carmen Maura) and dad Nathan (Jean-François Stévenin).