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Stay with Us

Released May 10, 2024

1h 33m

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After three successful years living and working in America, French-Jewish actor and comedian Gad Elmaleh decides to move back home to Paris. He misses his family and friends. Or, at least that's what Gad tells his loving yet overbearing parents, Régine and David. However, it's not long before his parents find out the true reason for their son's return -- after a long period of ambivalence towards his own Jewishness, Gad has officially decided to convert to Catholicism. Dumbfounded by his sudden obsession with the Virgin Mary, and with only five weeks before his baptism, Gad's family endeavor to bring him back to Judaism for fear of losing him forever. Inspired by the director's own fraught relationship to the Jewish faith and starring Elmaleh's real-life family, Stay With Us is a heart-warming and charming story about faith, family and acceptance.

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Sarah Vincent

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Elmaleh is the equivalent of comedians who were hits decades ago making jokes where they insert a racial group then say they are like that then use another to contrast it except he uses religion (Catholic, Jewish and Muslim). It is a dated kind of comedy

May 1, 2025

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Cameron Meier

Orlando Weekly

The genre-bending movie is the fest's best and most original thanks to its many nuggets of wisdom, such as a rabbi's advice to "never ask directions from someone who knows the way, or you will never be able to get lost. ... You're fortunate to be lost."

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 2, 2024

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Marie Asner

Phantom Tollbooth

“Stay With Us” is really a one-man show for Gad Elhaleh, and he carries this well through acting and mannerisms.

Jun 6, 2024

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Neely Swanson

Beverly Hills Courier

I found this incredibly moving and filled with questions I wish I had thought to ask long ago.

May 11, 2024

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

This may be about a character defined by religious uncertainty, but that doesn't mean the movie itself should be so uncertain about its aims.

Rated: 2/4

May 10, 2024

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Bradley Gibson

Film Threat

The film is entertaining, with moments of poignant sharing between Elmaleh and his Jewish family, as well as with his Catholic friends.

Rated: 7/10

May 9, 2024

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After three successful years living and working in America, French-Jewish actor and comedian Gad Elmaleh decides to move back home to Paris. He misses his family and friends. Or, at least that's what Gad tells his loving yet overbearing parents, Régine and David. However, it's not long before his parents find out the true reason for their son's return -- after a long period of ambivalence towards his own Jewishness, Gad has officially decided to convert to Catholicism. Dumbfounded by his sudden obsession with the Virgin Mary, and with only five weeks before his baptism, Gad's family endeavor to bring him back to Judaism for fear of losing him forever. Inspired by the director's own fraught relationship to the Jewish faith and starring Elmaleh's real-life family, Stay With Us is a heart-warming and charming story about faith, family and acceptance.

Director: Gad Elmaleh
Screenwriter: Gad Elmaleh, Benjamin Charbit
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Vito Films
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): May 10, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $22.2K
Runtime: 1h 33m

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