Prayer for the French Republic
Harmon meticulously fuses the domestic ups and downs of this bright, well-educated extended family with the overwhelming and unavoidable social upheavals that surround them whether it's the Nazi persecutions or the rise in anti-Jewish violence and rhetoric in contemporary France.  Their story is epic, but intimate. David Cromer, the director, isn't afraid to keep "Prayer" flowing in a deliberate, unhurried pac…