FOOTNOTE is a success at Cannes and gets a good review in
Salon, even though the reviewer is under the erroneous impression that philology is "unsexy," apparently due to issues with his father. Go figure.
Cannes: The Talmud scholarship comedy of the year!
A deadpan Israeli comedy about dueling father-son professors, "Footnote" is an unexpected hit at Cannes
Another review is noted
here.