Disobedience
Adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s novel about a woman who returns home to her orthodox Jewish community in London and rekindles a romance with her cousin’s wife, featuring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams.
Love and faith are placed in dramatic opposition in DISOBEDIENCE, Lelio’s first film set outside of his native Chile. Happily single and living a rich life as a photographer in New York, Ronit is very much the black sheep of her London-based Orthodox Jewish family. When her revered rabbi father dies, Ronit returns home to pay her respects and liquidate her inheritance. But surprises await, chief among them the news that Dovid – the heir apparent to Ronit’s father and very much the son he never had – has married Ronit’s childhood friend Esti.
While Dovid prepares to take over the hallowed place at the synagogue, Ronit and Esti become reacquainted. An old flame is reignited – one that could torch everything this family most cherishes.