A battle-of-wills comedy that made film critic Kenneth Turan’s Top 10 films of the year? Tell me more! By a first-time and female director? Yes, Mariana Chenillo, in Turan’s words, “creates fully imagined eccentric characters, places them in a wryly comic and specific world and takes deft pokes at the occasional rigidity of organized religion in the process.”

Set in Mexico’s Jewish community, Nora’s Will screens at 7:30 p.m. on July 10 as part of the Summer Institute’s Sunday night film series at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, on Centre street in Vineyard Haven.

Nora’s Will is the story of José, whose ex-wife Nora carefully prepares her house for an elaborate Passover seder, and then kills herself – leaving such explicit instructions for the next five days that a battle of wills ensues among her family.

It made Mexican film history when it was awarded seven Ariel Prizes (Mexico’s Oscar) including best picture, best director, best original screenplay and several best actor awards.

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