A Price Above Rubies (1998)

Synopsis: Free spirit Sonia longs to escape the restrictions of the community into which she was born--the tiny, hermetic cultural circle of the Brooklyn Hasidim--and rebels against her erudite but... Free spirit Sonia longs to escape the restrictions of the community into which she was born--the tiny, hermetic cultural circle of the Brooklyn Hasidim--and rebels against her erudite but emotionally cold arranged husband by initiating two affairs: one with his jeweler brother, and one with a Puerto Rican outsider whose experience of life is miles apart from hers. Less an exploration of the conflicts between Hasidic tradition and modernity than a standard story of self-realization. [More]

Starring: Renée Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fitzgerald, Allen Payne

Starring: Renée Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fitzgerald, Allen Payne, Julianna Margulies, Kathleen Chalfant, Edie Falco, John Randolph, Kim Hunter, Jackie Ryan, Shelton Dane

Director: Boaz Yakin

Director: Boaz Yakin
Screenwriter: Boaz Yakin
Producer: Lawrence Bender, John Penotti
Composer: Lesley Barber

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