“Simchas and Sorrows” – Agnes loves Levi [MOVIE REVIEW]
Genevieve Adams, writer, director, and star of “Simchas and Sorrow” (Joys and Sorrows) has successfully waded into quicksand and come out unscathed. Telling a rather autobiographical story, Adams takes on the role of…herself. Agnes, a struggling playwright who teaches an after school drama class to children, is your basic non-believer, in all the good ways. Raised Catholic, she’s smart, funny, curious, irreverent, and an Atheist. Religion might be a belief system but for her it’s a study in philosophy. Level-headed and open-minded, she agrees to convert to Judaism because it means so much to her fiancé Levi. That she has agreed to marry him, makes him very happy, even happier when she reveals her unplanned pregnancy. Levi, terrified that his family will reject her and then him, is happy that she’s willing to do this and finds classes being led by the very liberal Rabbi Cohen, a lesbian who has a mindset Agnes can live with. Thomas McDonell as Levi, Genevieve Adams as Agnes, Annelise Cepero as Glaucia, and Billy Calder as Abe in “Simchas and Sorrows.” Photo courtesy of Gravitas Ventures. Levi’s brother, Abe, is taking more conservative classes with his non-Jewish fiancée Glaucia, a…
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