The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer (2013)
Directors: Asaf Galay, Shaul Betser | Country: Israel | Runtime: 75 min
Synopsis
Isaac Bashevis Singer — Nobel Prize laureate, Yiddish master, survivor of the old world and chronicler of a vanished civilization — was also, by every account, an inveterate womanizer. The women in his life were not merely lovers: they were collaborators, translators, editors, muses, and in many cases the people who made his books possible.
The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer tells the story of Singer’s literary career through the women who shaped it. Directors Galay and Betser tracked down an extraordinary cast: aging women who knew Singer intimately, now in their 80s and 90s, speaking with remarkable candor about his brilliance and his selfishness.
Festival Selections
- Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
- DocAviv International Documentary Film Festival
- Haifa International Film Festival
- San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
- New York Jewish Film Festival
- YIDFF (Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival)
Press
“A fascinating portrait of a complicated genius through the eyes of the women who made him possible.”
— Jewish Journal