Disobedience (2017)

A woman returns to her Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her for her attraction to a female childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.

Director:

Sebastián Lelio

Writers:

Sebastián Lelio, Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Stars:

Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola

4 wins & 21 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anton Lesser	...	Rav Krushka
Alessandro Nivola	...	Dovid Kuperman
Allan Corduner	...	Moshe Hartog
Nicholas Woodeson	...	Rabbi Goldfarb
David Fleeshman	...	Yosef Kirschbaum
Steve Furst	...	Dr Gideon Rigler
Rachel Weisz	...	Ronit Krushka
Trevor Allan Davies	...	Tattooed Man
Sophia Brown	...	Photographic Studio Assistant
Anthony Dowding	...	Man in Bar
Bernice Stegers	...	Fruma Hartog
Clara Francis	...	Hinda
Rachel McAdams	...	Esti Kuperman
Lia Cohen	...	Rina
Cara Horgan	...	Miss Scheinberg

Storyline

From a screenplay by Sebastián Lelio and Rebecca Lenkiewicz, the film follows a woman as she returns to her Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her decades earlier for an attraction to a female childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality. Based on Naomi Alderman's book, the film stars Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams and Alessandro Nivola.

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian relationship | female nudity | london england | bare breasts | spitting in someone's mouth | 

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Taglines:

Love is an act of defiance.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some strong sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

Ireland UK USA

Language:

English Hebrew

Release Date:

27 April 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Disobedience

Filming Locations:

Golders Green, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$237,393, 29 April 2018, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$3,480,702

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,917,917, 15 July 2018

Company Credits

Production Co:

Braven Films, Element Pictures, Film 4

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

On September 29, 2016, it was reported that Rachel Weisz would star in and produce an adaptation of the Naomi Alderman novel Disobedience.

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Goofs

When Dovid Kuperman is sitting at the start of the service for the rabbi [1:34:23] there is a stack of religious books. Two of these are upside down in relation to the others which is forbidden in Jewish Law.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Rav Krushka: In the beginning, Hashem made three types of creatures, the angels, the beasts, and the human beings. The angels, He made from His pure word. The angels have no will to do evil. They cannot deviate for one moment from His purpose. The beasts have only their instincts to guide them. They, too, follow the commands of their maker. The Torah states that Hashem spent almost six whole days of creation fashioning these creatures. Then, just before sunset, He took a small quantity of earth...

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Connections

Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Kate Beckinsale/Colin Hanks/Allison Miller (2016)

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Soundtracks

The Last Beat
Written by Matthew Herbert
Performed by Matthew Herbert (as Herbert)
Published by Soundslike Music
All rights administered by Bucks Music Group Limited
Courtesy of Accidental Records
(c) 2001 Accidental

User Reviews

very complex and very well done

This project attracted the efforts of an abundance of talents because these are very good roles. Men and women alike. Roles that actors really want.

The complexity of the two leading lady roles must have drawn an abundance of female actresses and the two Rachels are close to perfect.

The Q&A was particularly revealing.

The young and very witty director shone at the Q&A.

This was his first English language film from this Spanish speaking Chilean director and for him to put together a smooth running evenly paced film with such complexity is very illustrative of his talent and abilities.

As to which female role is the supporting role I am not sure. They are both very good roles.