Bookends

2026 1h 39m EN

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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Nate is an excitable millennial novelist forced to leave his fabulous city life behind and move in with his grandparents after a bad breakup. But when his Holocaust-surviving grandfather Saul shows signs of cognitive decline and his grandmother Miriam refuses to acknowledge her husband’s early signs of dementia, Nate finds himself torn between his desire to escape retirement community life, family responsibilities, and an unexpected romance with his grandparents’ doctor.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Noam Ash
Nate
F. Murray Abraham
Saul Cohen
Caroline Aaron
Miriam Cohen
Charlie Barnett
Dr. Daniel Green
Jared Reinfeldt
Rory
Frank Iriele
Gary
Jazelle Villanueva
Sarah
Spencer Belko
Matt

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mike Doyle
Writers: Noam Ash
Languages: English, German, Yiddish
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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2 / 5

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, German, Yiddish.

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3 / 5

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 5

CAST

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Noam Ash and F. Murray Abraham and Caroline Aaron carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt14674972 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mike Doyle directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, German, Yiddish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, German, Yiddish.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Noam Ash and F. Murray Abraham and Caroline Aaron carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt14674972 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Classified under 8 themes, including "grandparent grandchild relationship", "dementia", "holocaust (shoah) survivor", "lgbt".