Hull Independent Cinema: DISOBEDIENCE

Hull Independent Cinema presents: DISOBEDIENCE
Sebastián Lelio | 2017 | UK/Ireland/USA | Cert 15 | 115 mins

From Sebastián Lelio, writer-director of the Academy Award-winning A FANTASTIC WOMAN, DISOBEDIENCE is a timely and emotionally powerful tale set at the crossroads of tradition and modernity, of personal desires and the demands of faith. When her estranged rabbi father suddenly passes away, Ronit (played by Oscar-winner and co-producer Rachel Weisz) returns from New York to the north London Orthodox Jewish community that rejected her years previously after a scandalous transgression. Ronit’s presence immediately courts further controversy when she runs into Esti (Rachel McAdams), the wife of her strictly religious cousin Dovid (Alessandro Nivola) and the woman for whom she shared an illicit attraction in their childhood. This happy reunion soon reignites the two women’s burning, long-unrequited passions, an act of defiance that could alter the course of their lives forever.

Based on the provocative novel by bestselling author Naomi Alderman and co-written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, DISOBEDIENCE is a critically acclaimed romantic drama that explores the fraught boundaries between spiritual devotion and sexuality.

Featuring Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola, Anton Lesser

Awards and Reviews
Nominee, Best British Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay – British Independent Film Awards
Tribeca Film Festival, Toronto Intl Film Festival, Seattle Intl Film Festival Official Selections

“This is richly satisfying and powerfully acted work” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“A beautiful, fraught, and emotionally nuanced drama that wrestles with hard questions about the tension between the life we’re born into and the one we choose for ourselves” – David Ehrlich, Indiewire

Certificate: DISOBEDIENCE is rated 15. Visit the BBFC website for full details (may include plot spoilers).