A Price Above Rubies (1998)

Director:

Boaz Yakin

Writer (WGA):

Boaz Yakin (written by)

Release Date:

25 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

In a world of rules... one woman is ruled by her passion.

Plot:

About a young woman who is married to a devout Jew and the problems that trouble their marriage because...

Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Adultery | Funeral | Jewelry | New York City

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Renée Zellweger	...	Sonia Horowitz
Christopher Eccleston	...	Sender Horowitz
Julianna Margulies	...	Rachel
Allen Payne	...	Ramon Garcia
Glenn Fitzgerald	...	Mendel Horowitz
Kim Hunter	...	Rebbitzn
John Randolph	...	Rebbe Moshe
Kathleen Chalfant	...	Beggar Woman
Peter Jacobson	...	Schnuel
Edie Falco	...	Feiga
Timothy Jerome	...	Dr. Bauer (as Tim Jerome)
Phyllis Newman	...	Mrs. Gelbart
Joyce Reehling	...	Shaindy
Shelton Dane	...	Yossi
Jackie Ryan	...	Young Sonia

Also Known As:

A Price Below Rubies (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality and brief language.

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Singapore:M18 | Iceland:L | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | France:U | USA:R | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Channel Four Films

Trivia:

Mendel says Sonia's birthstone is the ruby, this would make her birthdate somewhere in July.

Soundtrack:

Yo Siempre Oddara

One of the most touching movies about the plight of orthodox women

The cast is remarkable.

Rene Zellweger gives the performance of her life hovering between wanting to be respectful and to blossom as a business woman and mother.

She is so much smarter than her husband and wants so much more than she has that your heart aches for her. By the end of the movie the bright caterpillar is on its way to being a butterfly.

The movie accurately depicts the present condition of the Hasidic movement in New York and Brooklyn and shows its strengths and weaknesses. The jewelry business is depicted as neither black nor white, but a series of grays.

This is a great film and Rene Zellweger should be toasted for risking much and achieving more. Carol Kane was wonderful in Hester Street and Amy Irving likewise in Crossing Delancy. But Rene Zellweger soars.