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Disobedience (2018)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Drama, Romance
Written By:Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Sebastián Lelio
In Theaters:5/18/2018
Box Office:$8,000,000
Runtime:114 minutes
Studio:Braven Films, Element Pictures, Film4 Productions, LC6 Productions, FilmNation Entertainment
Cast
Sebastián Lelio
Director
Rachel Weisz
Ronit Krushka
Rachel McAdams
Esti Kuperman
Alessandro Nivola
Dovid Kuperman
Allan Corduner
Moshe Hartog
Anton Lesser
Rav Krushka
Nicholas Woodeson
Rabbi Goldfarb
David Fleeshman
Yosef Kirschbaum
Steve Furst
Dr. Gideon Rigler
Trevor Allan Davies
Tattooed Man
Sophia Brown
Photographic Studio Assistant
Anthony Dowding
Man in Bar
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