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Join Us for a Virtual Screening of Amanda Peet’s Super Jewish New Film ‘Fantasy Life’

JL;DR SUMMARY "Fantasy Life" is a new film directed by and starring Matthew Shear, featuring Amanda Peet as an actress reviving her career while forming a bond with Sam Stein (Shear), a paralegal navigating mental health challenges. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CultureMental HealthGenerational TraumaJudd HirschFantasy LifeMatthew ShearAmanda PeetBob BalabanAndrea MartinComedy Drama

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New York, United States
"Join us for a Fantasy Life Screening and Q&A with director Matthew Shear on May 18, at 7 p.m. ET."

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