Disobedience

2018 "Love is an act of defiance"
6.6| 1h54m| R| en| More Info
Released: 27 April 2018 Released
Producted By: Element Pictures
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.disobedience.movie
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A woman learns about the death of her Orthodox Jewish father, a rabbi. She returns home and has romantic feelings rekindled for her best childhood friend, who is now married to her cousin.

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newpace I am a 51 year old woman SO in awe of of this film! I could easily go to the mat with anyone who has a criticism of it. For what little nit pickings I've heard there are many other distinctive Highlights to bury them. ie; too slow? Well trust me. Find your patience and you will be greatly rewarded soon enough. I've bought it and watched it many times. I replay the whole movie in my mind while at work. I could write pages and pages of what I was moved and impressed by. But as I re watched it again tonight I found a part near the middle to the end that for some reason I had missed before. When I caught it my jaw dropped and my heart was Torn to Shreds and I cried Hard ! (And I'm not a "crier.") After all the turbulence surrounding the pair, Ronit and Estee still sat side by side in a public forum. Why didn't you come to New York to see me? Ronit says to Estee. And then: Why didn't you leave and come Be with me? Estee doesn't say a word but instantly places her hand on Ronit's hands as if to say, I love you but. And all of the incredible senses of yearning in their eyes and body language between these two is as intense in this scene as all of the rest. So I am angrily jolted back into realizing that this is not real anymore, I'm watching a movie from the outside. I pause the movie and can't help but yell out "Yeah! Why didn't you go!?" And I sat back and said WOW. Estee didn't go because that was how "the character was friggin' made to be!" It just HAD to be that way because of the script and the strict story line. But I did not buy that particular message they thought they could send. I had fallen for the the beautiful actresses and their Undeniably Believable performances instantly and it never wavered. I just saw them as One. Really when you cleared away all the distracting smoke and mirrors suffocating them of that time... There were No Buts! Married, not married, religion, children, community values and upbringing, where to live, boldness, submissiveness, judgmentalness, rudeness etc...From what I viewed, I couldn't see ANYTHING that would keep these two apart. I was just ASTOUNDED as how beyond well the acting was between the 2 Rachels. I had not known them before and I applaud them Grandly! I so wanted them to go off and be together. But the script ruined that. The way the movie was made, right away I felt like I was right there in that town experiencing each complexity. But by the end, the separation killed me. These actresses were just far too convincing for this script. I can only pray that the movie makers will make it up to me and have a Disobedience 2, Unless they plan another unhappy ending, then go ahead and keep the same two characters. But most definitely do Not include Weisz or Mc Adams. Their talent simply rose above the "job description of these last characters." And I couldn't buy the fact that nothing mattered more in Life than each other. They are still As One in my mind. Still my Favorite movie though. I loved the intensity, the passion, I cried hard, AND I smiled BIG and for REAL.
garson8 Thank you Sebastian for making this film! Thank you for taking time to properly cast the 2 main ingredients to this masterpiece! Both Rachel's are flawless and are very moving in each of their roles.You can appreciate the sensitivity of the Jewish Orthodox community and their unwavering adherence to their beliefs and traditions! Although they may be staunch on their views, one can appreciate the way they live their lives, even if you don't agree with them at all.The love story is what captivated me. These two Rachel's are completely helpless in their fight to stay away from each other and their true love for one another. You can feel the love tension immediately when they are around one another.Coming from an extremely strict Pentecostal background and being gay, this film speaks worlds to me. This is very similar to when my wife and I first got together and had to hide our love for years from our family, mine especially. This is a must see, must own, and must talk about film.
Scott-101 Rachel Weisz stars as a Rabbi's daughter returning to an Orthodox Jewish community that's shunned her because she didn't want to adopt their ways. This is a common problem in Orthodox communities when people choose a different belief system than the one they were raised with. It presents a myriad of challenges to navigate and this film portrays it with the utmost delicacy.The film has a brilliant pseudo-horror vibe with the voyeuristic looks that her disapproving peers inflict upon her with as she sits with them at dinner or walks through the streets alongside them. The film is advertised as a film about a lesbian relationship, but it's really a film about free will because being in a pre-marital sexual relationship, dating a secular jew, even having secular Jews in your friend circle or getting an education all lead to the same end result of shunning anyways. Perhaps it's my experience in this type of community, but the film is beautiful, spot-on, tense, sexy , and treats each of the three leads (Rachel McAdams and Allesandro Nivola) and their character arcs with a great sense of resepct.
Mauro Heredia (maurodc) I didn't had the chance to watch the academy award winning 'A Fantastic Woman', directed also by Lelio, and given that, when I saw this film was going to came out at theaters, I didn't wanted to miss the opportunity to see it at the cinema.And now that I did it, I must say that this is a quite good movie. The acting is really powerful, and the dialogues are deep and sometimes a bit funny. And the film also reflects very well the jewish society, their customs, traditions, and how something so pure like true love can be condemned by all of them.Altough I honestly expected it to be more devastating that what it is, it's worth watching and is interesting to see both actresses in a completely different facet.Thanks!