Arranged marriages in the Chassidic Jewish community in Jerusalem, Israel; not an easy subject, since it is basically morally reprehensible. But I was surprised to witness that the film gets away with it. The ending doesn't suggest at all that they will live happily ever after, and before that, the film tells a well balanced story about all those directly involved.
Hadas Yaron did an amazing job and has a natural presence that took me in straight away, but the rest of the cast did very well, too. The photography is beautiful and subtle. It took me a little while to get into the story and the experience of it all, but once it did (about some twenty minutes in), it didn't let me go until the very end.
A good 8 out of 10.
Hadas Yaron did an amazing job and has a natural presence that took me in straight away, but the rest of the cast did very well, too. The photography is beautiful and subtle. It took me a little while to get into the story and the experience of it all, but once it did (about some twenty minutes in), it didn't let me go until the very end.
A good 8 out of 10.