Waiting for the Messiah

Waiting for the Messiah
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Esperando al mesías
Directed by	Daniel Burman
Written by	Daniel Burman Emiliano Torres
Produced by	Luis Ángel Bellaba Enrique Piñeyro
Starring	Héctor Alterio Daniel Hendler Imanol Arias Stefania Sandrelli Chiara Caselli Enrique Piñeyro Melina Petriella Gabriela Acher
Cinematography	Ramiro Civita
Edited by	Verónica Chen
Music by	César Lerner Marcelo Moguilevsky
Production companies	Astrolabio Producciones Classic Films BD Cine
Distributed by	Primer Plano Film Group[1] (Argentina) Amanda Films (Spain)
Release dates	May 25, 2000 (2000-05-25) (Argentina) January 26, 2001 (2001-01-26) (Spain)
Running time	97 minutes[1]
Countries	Spain Italy Argentina[1]
Languages	Spanish Yiddish

Waiting for the Messiah (Spanish: Esperando al mesías) is a 2000 Argentine, Spanish, and Italian comedy drama film directed by Daniel Burman. The film features Daniel Hendler, Enrique Piñeyro, Héctor Alterio, Melina Petriella, Stefania Sandrelli, Imanol Arias and Dolores Fonzi, among others.

The film won many awards including Best Film at the Lleida Latin-American Film Festival. The film takes place in a Jewish community of Buenos Aires.