When Do We Eat? (2006 film)

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When Do We Eat?

Directed by	Salvador Litvak
Produced by	Horatio C. Kemeny
Written by	Nina Davidovich Salvador Litvak
Starring	Michael Lerner Lesley Ann Warren Jack Klugman Shiri Appleby Mili Avital Ben Feldman Adam Lamberg
Distributed by	When Do We Eat? Inc.
Running time	93 min.
Language	English, Hebrew

When Do We Eat? is a 2006 American comedy film. It is rated R for drugs, sex, and suggestive content.

1 Plot
2 Characters
3 Cast
4 Awards and nominations
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Plot

When Do We Eat? is the story of a dysfunctional Jewish family's Passover Seder. This is the family's first Seder in three years and the tension is high. Before the Seder, Zeke apparently slips his father a tab of ecstasy. As the night continues, the family releases secrets that cause fights but bring them closer as a family in the end.

[edit] Characters

Ira - The father of the family. Ira manufacturers and distributes Christmas ornaments for a living.
Peggy - A stay-at-home mother. Raises money for autism awareness.
Artur - Ira's father and a survivor of the Holocaust. Artur carries a suitcase wherever he goes in case the Nazis come and he has to run.
Zeke - A high school student who enjoys recreational drugs.
Ethan - After failing in business, Ethan becomes more involved in religion, becoming a Hasidic Jew.
Vanessa - A first cousin to the Stuckmans. Vanessa is a celebrity publicist.
Jennifer - Ira's daughter from a previous marriage. Types closed-captioning for a living.
Grace - Jennifer's girlfriend who is attending her first Seder.
Nikki - Nikki is a professional sex surrogate who assists men in getting over their fears of intimacy.
Lionel - An idiot savant, Lionel has a fascination of the number 7.
Rafi - A guest at the Seder, Rafi is a professional tent builder.