Reuniting the Rubins
Reuniting the Rubins is a 2010 film directed by Yoav Factor and starring Timothy Spall, Rhona Mitra, and James Callis. The majority of the film was shot in Radlett, Hertfordshire, England and South Africa.
Plot
The film is a family comedy chronicling a reluctantly Jewish man who tries to re-unite his dysfunctional family in time for the Jewish celebration of Pesach so as to appease his ailing mother Honor Blackman. Although they are all from the same family his estranged children hardly seem like they are from the same planet. He must reunite his son the capitalist James Callis, his daughter the eco-warrior Rhona Mitra, his son the Buddhist Monk, and his last son, a born-again rabbi.Principal cast
- Timothy Spall as Lenny Rubins
- James Callis as Danny Rubins
- Rhona Mitra as Andie Rubins
- Honor Blackman as Gran Rubins
- Hugh O'Conor as Yona Rubins
- Asier Newman as Clarity Rubins
- Loo Brealey as Miri Rubins
- Blake Harrison as Nick
- Theo Stevenson as Jake Rubins
- Eloise Derbyshire as young Andie Rubins
- Anthony Cowan as Rabbi's student
Release
In September 2011, Monterey Media bought the United States distribution rights from Kaleidoscope Film Distribution.Festivals
Reuniting the Rubins was selected to screen at the following festivals- Washington DC Jewish Film Festival
- East Bay Jewish Film Festival
- Broward County Jewish Film Festival
- Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival
- Miami Jewish Film Festival
- Worcester Jewish Film Festival
- Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival
- Grand Rapids Jewish Film Festival
- New Jersey Jewish Film Festival
- Cherry Hill Jewish Film Festival
- Westchester Jewish Film Festival