Lynn Cohen
5 titles
Filmography
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Oma
(2017)A deeply moving family drama. A PhD student interviews her estranged Holocaust survivor grandmother for her thesis but she is reluctant to relive the past.

The Vigil
(2020)Set over the course of a single evening in Brooklyn's Hassidic "Boro" Park neighborhood, The Vigil follows Yakov, a former Hassid, as he accepts a position as a shomer, hired to "sit the vigil" and watch over the body of a deceased community member. Having lost his faith, Yakov isn't eager to go back to the insular religious community he only recently fled. But when Reb Shulem, a rabbi and confidante, approaches Yakov after a support group meeting and offers to pay Yakov to be the shomer for a recently deceased Holocaust survivor, he reluctantly accepts the job. Shortly after arriving at the dilapidated house, Yakov realizes that something is very, very wrong. This will not be a quiet vigil. Steeped in ancient Jewish lore, The Vigil is a visceral and terrifying supernatural horror film set in a world audiences have never before experienced.

After Class
(2019)A professor in New York City has to navigate a reunion with his family while trying to square away some of his more outrageous behavior at work.

Manhattan Murder Mystery
(1993)A Woody Allen comedy with Woody Allen, Angelica Huston, Alan Alda and Diane Keaton. Annie Hall (Diane Keaton ) suspects her neighbour has killed someone.

Then She Found Me
(2007)The life of a religious school teacher is turned upside down when her husband suddenly leaves her and she is contacted by her biological mother.