Disobedience

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Disobedience

R

2018

1h 54m

Romance

Drama

LGBTQ+

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New York photographer Ronit Krushka 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 boundaries of faith and sexuality.

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Critics Consensus

Disobedience explores a variety of thought-provoking themes, bolstered by gripping work from leads Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, and Alessandro Nivola.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

03/25/2020

From the very start [ilmmaker Sebastián Lelio] stacks the deck in favor of Weisz's secularized character, and as a result the Orthodox community becomes little more than the backdrop for a simple lesson about following your heart.

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Ryan Gilbey

New Statesman

01/26/2019

Chilean director Sebastián Lelio lends this adaptation of Naomi Alderman's 2006 novel of the same name an outsider's curiosity... only a foreigner could bring this much lyricism to locations within spitting distance of the North Circular.

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Erin Sullivan

Autostraddle

01/23/2019

I was informed by my viewing companion that I started to do the "wrap it up" hand motion before the credits even began to roll.

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

07/14/2024

3/5

Disobedience tackles various thought provoking themes in a somewhat scattershot fashion, yet remains engaging due to the strength of its actors and direction.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

04/07/2024

4/5

The film repeatedly demonstrates that one of the best ways to build passion in a film is to present the implicit unspoken in a manor to outweigh explicit expression. The fates tempted here are subtly perilous.

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Devika Girish

Vague Visages

02/06/2024

Esti plunges herself into the terrifying uncertain place between obedience and disobedience, and it is her courage to stay there — to be defiantly out-of-sync — that powers Lelio’s arresting film.

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Seola

3d

I’m not sure how to feel about this title. It is uncomfortable, tough, with a bittersweet ending. However, I found the inquisitive take on the religious, orthodox issue interesting.

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Layla M

@Wanda638 Dec 21

Disobedience has a strong emotional core and I genuinely thought it was a good film, but it left me feeling... unsettled for a lack of better words. The performances carry a lot of weight, especially in how restrained and conflicted the characters feel within their world, and that tension works for most of the story. Where it started to lose me was the intimacy. Some of those scenes felt dragged out past their emotional purpose, almost crossing into awkward rather than impactful (IMO). My biggest issue, though, was the ending. By the time the film wrapped up, I was still waiting for some form of closure, emotional or even narrative, and it never really came. The story builds so carefully toward resolution, yet it stops short of giving the audience a clear sense of where these characters truly land, which kinda left me frustrated. I appreciate ambiguity when it feels earned, but here it felt incomplete, like the film ended mid-thought. Overall, OK movie. Wish it had a better ending.

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azida

Jul 23

It's adapted from a novel, so basically the content is already there. True to a male perspective of the director, the intimate scenes between the actresses are awful. Nonsense.

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Jamey N

@popenix Mar 16

I thought the acting and the story was just superb! The Heart wants what it wants and it doesn’t matter what’s in the way Love is the strongest thing in the Universe.

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Horror fan 4

07/17/2024

The movie is saved with 2 great leading Ladies. The chemistry is there and there's so much drama packed into a 2hr movie. Tim Treakle

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donnie m

04/03/2024

to be fair-i have no idea what happens after the first b o r i n g 20 min. of bad acting and nothing to keep me watching.....turning the channel now....

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Synopsis

New York photographer Ronit Krushka 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 boundaries of faith and sexuality.

Director: Sebastián Lelio
Producer: Frida Torresblanco, Ed Guiney, Rachel Weisz
Screenwriter: Sebastián Lelio, Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Distributor: Bleecker Street Media
Production Co: Element Pictures, Braven Films
Rating: R (Some Strong Sexuality)
Genre: Romance, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 18, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 10, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.5M
Runtime: 1h 54m

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