Kendra invites her close friend, Alice, to her home to cope with the familiar insanity of family dinner. As the evening unfolds, an unexpected discovery begins to unravel the family’s carefully maintained façade, exposing financial strain and deep cracks in their relationships.
Caught in the middle, Kendra tries to stay out of it, slipping into old patterns to keep the peace. At the same time, she’s holding onto a secret of her own: she’s in love with her best friend, and she’s afraid of becoming like her family.
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Kendra invites her best friend, Alice, to her home for Shabbat – moral support for the unforgettable experience we call family dinner. As the evening unfolds, an unexpected discovery begins to unravel the family’s carefully maintained façade, exposing financial strain and deep cracks in their relationships.
Caught in the middle, Kendra tries to stay out of it, slipping into old patterns to keep the peace. At the same time, she’s holding onto a secret of her own: she’s in love with her best friend, and she’s afraid of becoming like her family.
While breaking bread, Kendra is forced to confront the cost of honesty – and whether breaking the patterns that conceal her family’s truths is the only way to find her own.
Kendra’s family exists in a constant state of defense, each person feeling scrutinized and judged by the others and, more deeply, by themselves. When her aunt finds something she wasn’t meant to see, the facades at play start to unravel, exposing the cracks in how Kendra’s mother has been managing the family’s finances.
Caught in the middle, Kendra navigates the family’s unspoken politics, retreating into passivity to survive the madness, and hiding a secret of her own; she’s in love with her best friend, and she’s afraid of becoming like them.
As things get out of control, Kendra is forced to confront what honesty might cost and whether breaking from her family means losing them, or finally finding herself.