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Disobedience

Disobedience (2018)

Love is an act of defiance

Release:2018
Runtime:1h 54m
Country:Ireland
Director:Sebastián Lelio
Language:English

Genre

DramaRomance
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Keywords

Forbidden LoveLgbtChildhood FriendsJewish CultureOrthodox JewishLesbianReturn To Hometown
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Disobedience rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.6/10· 39K votes
Rotten Tomatoes84%
Metacritic74%
TMDb6.9/10· 1K votes

With 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 74/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Disobedience

New York photographer Ronit flies to London after learning about the death of her estranged father. Ronit is returning to the same Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her decades earlier for her childhood attraction to Esti, a female friend. Their fortuitous and happy reunion soon reignites their burning passion as the two women explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.

Cast of Disobedience

  • Rachel Weisz

    Rachel Weisz

    as Ronit Krushka

  • Rachel McAdams

    Rachel McAdams

    as Esti Kuperman

  • Alessandro Nivola

    Alessandro Nivola

    as Dovid Kuperman

  • Allan Corduner

    Allan Corduner

    as Moshe Hartog

  • Anton Lesser

    Anton Lesser

    as Rav Krushka

  • Nicholas Woodeson

    Nicholas Woodeson

    as Rabbi Goldfarb

  • David Fleeshman

    David Fleeshman

    as Yosef Kirschbaum

  • Steve Furst

    Steve Furst

    as Dr. Gideon Rigler

  • Trevor Allan Davies

    Trevor Allan Davies

    as Tattooed Man

  • Sophia Brown

    Sophia Brown

    as Photographic Studio Assistant

  • Anthony Dowding

    Anthony Dowding

    as Man in Bar

  • Bernice Stegers

    Bernice Stegers

    as Fruma Hartog

Disobedience facts

Budget
$6M
Box office
$8M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Forbidden romance captures genuine emotional complexity beautifully
  • •Jewish culture elements provide authentic cultural exploration
  • •Childhood friends dynamic creates genuine romantic tension

What the audience disliked

  • •Orthodox setting constraints feel limiting to character development
  • •LGBT themes get overshadowed by conservative community pressure

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