History Film / HolyRollers

Shmuel "Sam" Gold (Eisenberg) is a mild-mannered 20-year-old Orthodox Jewish man who lives with his large family in Borough Park, Brooklyn. He works in his father's fabric store and studies to become a rabbi. His family hopes to arrange a marriage for him with Zeldy Lazar (Stella Keitel), but they are much poorer than the Lazars, and he worries he will be unable to provide for them.

''Holy Rollers'' is a 2010 film written by Antonio Macia, directed by Kevin Asch, and starring Creator/JesseEisenberg, Creator/JustinBartha, Creator/AriGraynor, Danny Abeckaser, Q-Tip, Creator/MarkIvanir and Jason Fuchs.

''Holy Rollers'' is a 2010 film written by Antonio Macia, directed by Kevin Asch, and starring Creator/JesseEisenberg, Justin Bartha, Creator/AriGraynor, Danny Abeckaser, Q-Tip and Jason Fuchs.

''Holy Rollers'' is a 2010 film written by Antonio Macia, directed by Kevin Asch, and starring Creator/JesseEisenberg, Justin Bartha, Ari Graynor (''Film/TheDisasterArtist''), Danny Abeckaser, Q-Tip and Jason Fuchs.

* BeneathSuspicion: Jackie uses Hasidic Jews to smuggle drugs because no one at the customs would bother/dare suspecting them.

* FreestateAmsterdam: Sam smuggles drug between Amsterdam and New York. When staying one night in Amsterdam in a hotel, he has trouble to sleep because of the ImmodestOrgasm of a prostitute and her client in a nearby room.

* RightUnderTheirNoses: Jackie uses Hasidic Jews to smuggle drugs because no one at the customs would bother/dare suspecting them.

* HeelFaithTurn: [[spoiler:Sam turns away from his drug dealing ways after an encounter with a [[EasyEvanglism Chasid who is manning a Kiruv ("bringing close") table]] on a sidewalk in Brooklyn, having Sam lay tefillin and recite the Sh'ma.]]

* AllJewsAreAshkenazi: The film features mainly Ashkenazims since Borough Park has been a prime Ashkenazi settlement for about one century, but Jackie seems to avert the trope since he's visibly a Mizrahim from Israel (the actor is anyway).

''Holy Rollers'' is a 2010 film written by Antonio Macia, directed by Kevin Asch, and starring Creator/JesseEisenberg, Justin Bartha, Ari Graynor, Danny Abeckaser, Q-Tip and Jason Fuchs.

* ArrangedMarriage: Sam's family wants him to marry Zeldy Lazar and Sam is quite ok with it, although contact between Sam and Zeldy proves difficult with the both of them sitting on both opposite ends of a sofa. Then the Lazars turn down the offer.

* KosherNostra: Jackie is a drug trafficker from Israel, and feigns observing shabbos to his wife on the phone. Sam himself becomes a drug trafficker.

* GreedyJew: After successfully smuggling "medicines" for the first time, and finding out it was drugs all along, Sam and Leon are utterly shocked and start wondering in what kind of mess they have been involved. The gentile drug trafficker uses the tropes, saying he has "never heard Jews complaining about making money before", which earns him an insult from Yosef.

* RightUnderTheirNoses: Jackie uses Hasidic Jews to smuggle drugs because no one would bother suspecting them.

Shmuel "Sam" Gold (Eisenberg) is a mild-mannered 20-year-old Orthodox Jewish man who lives with his large family in Borough Park, Brooklyn. He works in his father's fabric store and studies to become a rabbi. His family hope to arrange a marriage for him with Zeldy Lazar (Stella Keitel), but Sam's family is much poorer than the Lazars, and he worries he will be unable to provide for them.

Shmuel "Sam" Gold (Eisenberg) is a mild-mannered 20-year-old Orthodox Jewish man who lives with his large family in Borough Park, Brooklyn. He works in his father's fabric store while studying to be a rabbi. His family hope to arrange a marriage for him with Zeldy Lazar (Stella Keitel). Sam's family is much poorer than the Lazars, and he worries he will be unable to provide for them.

One day, Sam and his best friend Leon (Jason Fuchs) accept a mysterious job offer from Leon's brother Yosef (Justin Bartha) and his boss, Jackie (Danny Abeckaser), an Israeli. Yosef sends them to Amsterdam, with instructions to wait for him. While there, the pair are given a briefcase, which Yosef says contains medicines, and are instructed to walk it through customs in New York. Back in New York, the pair discover the briefcase contains pure ecstasy. Leon wants nothing more to do with Yosef and the drugs, but Sam becomes attracted to the easy money, and starts getting deeper in the business.

* GreedyJew: After successfully smuggling "medicines" for the first time, and finding out it was drugs all along, Sam and Leon are utterly shocked and start wondering in what kind of mess they have been involved. The gentile drug trafficker uses the tropes, saying he has "never heard Jews complaining about making money before", which earns him an insult from Jackie.

* ArrangedMarriage: Sam's family wants him to marry Zeldy Lazar and Sam is quite ok with it, although contact between Sam and Zldy proves difficult with the both of them sitting on both opposite ends of a sofa. Then the Lazars turn down the offer.

* GreedyJew: After successfully smuggling "medicines" for the first time, and finding out it was drugs all along, Sam is utterly shocked. The gentile drug trafficker uses the tropes, saying he has "never heard Jews complaining about making money before", which earns him an insult from Jackie.

* ArrangedMarriage: Sam's family wants him to marry Zeldy Lazar and Sam is quite ok with it. Then the Lazars turn down the offer.