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Devoutly religious Ruth returns from Israel to care for her dying mother, but when she tries to bring her estranged brother David back into the fold, in accordance with her mother's wishes, the result is a startling journey into the darkest realms of sexual obsession: a forbidden game under the guise of religious law. Dark, ambiguous and distinctly adult, this study of belief and desire, set in the cloistered world of London's Orthodox Jewish community, thoughtfully explores the links between faith and violence, denial and longing. Written by
Edinburgh Film Festival Catalogue 2005
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This look inside London's world of orthodox Jews, and the near incestuous relationship between a half-mad, half-brilliant iconoclastic young Jewish scholar, and his equally intelligent but repressed sister is never less than interesting.
With the pressure added by their mother dying slowly in her room, there's a feeling of a pot always about to boil over.
The acting is very good, especially Natalie Press.
But the film's end feels like it tries to wrap things up a little too neatly, explaining the family's complex, fractured psyche in a way that felt like a bit of a come down, not a revelation.
None-the-less, a very interesting first film, and one I'd watch again.