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2017 film directed by Sebastián Lelio

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Disobedience is a 2017 drama film directed by Sebastián Lelio, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Rebecca Lenkiewicz. The film stars Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, Alessandro Nivola, and Anton Lesser. Rachel Weisz and Ed Guiney served as producers. The production involved companies including Film4 Productions, FilmNation Entertainment, Braven Films, Element Pictures, and LC6 Productions. The movie originates from the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and United States.

The narrative is set in Hendon and explores themes of forbidden love, lgbt relationships, childhood friends, and orthodox jewish culture. Matthew Herbert composed the score, while Danny Cohen handled cinematography. The film has a runtime of 114 minutes and was released in various formats, including video on demand. It was distributed by Bleecker Street and Netflix. The tagline describes love as an act of defiance.

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Film · TMDB

6.9

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.

Released: 2018-04-24114 minDir: Sebastián LelioDrama, RomanceBudget: $6.0MBox office: $8.0M

Cast

  • Rachel Weisz as Ronit Krushka
  • Rachel McAdams as Esti Kuperman
  • Alessandro Nivola as Dovid Kuperman
  • Allan Corduner as Moshe Hartog
  • Anton Lesser as Rav Krushka
  • Nicholas Woodeson as Rabbi Goldfarb

Themes

  • forbidden love
  • lgbt
  • childhood friends
  • jewish culture
  • orthodox jewish
  • lesbian
  • return to hometown

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Ratings

IMDb

6.6/10

40,207 votes

Year
2017
Runtime
114 min
Genres
Drama

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Screenwriter
Sebastián Lelio
Cast member
Bernice Stegers
Producer
Ed Guiney
Production company
FilmNation Entertainment
Cinematographer
Danny Cohen
Narrative location
Hendon
Filming location
Hendon
Duration
114
FilmAffinity ID
833233
Distribution format
video on demand
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title
Disobedience
publication date
2017-09-10
review score
74/100
distributed by
Netflix
social media followers
3741
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