I'm a Mitzvah

Name: I'm a Mitzvah
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2014-01-17
Duration: 19 min
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Ben Schwartz, Lainie Kazan, Erick Chavarria, Alejandro Patiño, Alfredo Valencia

2014·Drama·19m

8.3

★

A short film about a young American man who spends one last night with his deceased friend while stranded in rural Mexico.

Directed by Ben Berman

friendship

mexico

morgue

grief

death

airline

IMDB

N/A

Cast

Ben Schwartz

David

Lainie Kazan

Mrs. Cohen

Erick Chavarria

Morgue Attendant

Alejandro Patiño

Airline Representative

Crew

Ben Berman

Director

Ben Berman

Writer

Popular Reviews

4 reviews

Dany

9.0★ · 02/06/26

"He's Jewish, not a Nazi"

Hollywood, put Ben Schwartz into more dramatic roles. The Magnetic Fields needledrop was insane. Shabbat shalom, guys. (i'm catholic)

"He's Jewish, not a Nazi"

Hollywood, put Ben Schwartz into more dramatic roles. The Magnetic Fields needledrop was insane. Shabbat shalom, guys. (i'm catholic)

chobe

7.0★ · 04/03/24

i’m not jewish and i’ve never pushed my dead friend around mexico but… real

Jack P

10.0★ · 06/28/25

Jack P

10.0★ · 02/24/25

Jack P

10.0★ · 02/23/25