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Disobedience [Blu-ray]
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Genre | Drama, Drama/Love & Romance, DVD Movie, Blu-ray Movie |
Format | Digital_copy, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
Contributor | Ed Guiney, Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola, Sebastian Lelio, Frida Torresblanco, Rebecca Lenkiewicz See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 55 minutes |
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Product Description
Academy-Award® winner Rachel Weisz (Denial) and Rachel McAdams (Spotlight) star in this spellbinding drama about a woman as she returns to the community that shunned her decades earlier for an attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and s**uality in this film that critics call "romantic and gripping" (Parade ).
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.39:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 7 x 5 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 ounces
- Director : Sebastian Lelio
- Media Format : Digital_copy, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 55 minutes
- Release date : July 17, 2018
- Actors : Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola
- Subtitles: : Spanish
- Producers : Frida Torresblanco, Ed Guiney, Rachel Weisz
- Language : English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1)
- Studio : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B07C5LQ7PV
- Writers : Sebastian Lelio, Rebecca Lenkiewicz
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #18,162 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #263 in Romance (Movies & TV)
- #1,856 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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The best two features are a strong story/screenplay (I won't say anything about that beyond it's a love triangle with 1 bisexual woman, a lesbian, and a straight husband who faces extra scrutiny and pressure because he's a rabbi.) and the performances by the 3 leads. The lesbian relationship is played perfectly, with feelings ranging from wariness and distrust to raging sexual attraction. I was most impressed by their silences, such as when they sit together on a train, glancing furtively at each other. The husband portrays coldness and compassion with equal strength. For those of us who aren't prejudiced against gay relationships, it's easy to see him as the villain, but he manages to keep my sympathy to some extent and to believe that he redeems himself, at least partially.
I read the book that any movie I love is based on. The book I view as average at best, and the screenwriter elevated it quite a bit. For example, a weak subplot about another relationship is omitted. The book does give useful background about the Orthodox community. For example, the rabbi clearly avoids touching women socially, even brushing against them. In the movie I thought that might be because he's in mourning from the death of his mentor, but the book says it's actually a lifelong rule for rabbis, which makes his violation of the rule more ambiguous. The movie keeps the backstory unclear, so we wonder what motivates certain statements, why there is so much anger about the woman leaving the community, and the exact nature of the relationships before the movie begins. If you're interested, the book spells all this out in full detail through flashbacks.
Finally I'll mention that ther are nice uses of symbolism. My favorite is that the returning woman, who stays with the rabbi and his wife while visiting, is put in a room in which the windows don't open, an effective symbol of the repression and close-mindedness of the community.
First of all, there’s a suggestion that a lead character is mentally ill. It is true that when the exiled Ronit asks Esti how she was after she (Ronit) left, Esti says she was ill in her head. However, she is not indicating she has an ongoing mental disorder. She is like nearly 350 million people worldwide each year who experience a depressive episode, often triggered by a trauma. (a teenage girl caught in bed with her girlfriend by her orthodox rabbi who banishes the girlfriend and strives to “cure” her...yeah, that qualifies as a trauma)
Secondly, the writer gives the impression that the film ends definitively. On the contrary, one reason why “Disobedience” is so engaging is that the open-ended closing scenes allow us to interpret the outcomes for Ronit, Esti and the other lead, Dovid. There are only two things certain: Their lives are significantly altered (no one is going back to the way things were) and they are bound inextricably for life. All three will likely face challenges while carving out their futures, but there is no reason to assume they will live unhappily ever after. Actually, we have better reason to believe they will lead more authenic lives and that the women will continue coming to peace with what they have been suppressing.
And, third, it is a disservice to others to dismiss the film as depressing. I could only justify grading a film depressing if it offered no hope for the situation, characters or culture represented. “The Children’s Hour” is such a film for me. It sets out to show the devastating effects of malicious gossip; however, in the process a main character hangs herself, not because of the gossip but because she realizes it contains a truth— she is gay, which she views (like everybody else in the film) as unnatural, sick and dirty. Overall, the film indicates the best way to destroy a person’s life and reputation is to accuse her of being gay. Now, that’s depressing.
Granted, “Disobedience” does not end in bliss, but then it shouldn’t; the circumstances and issues are too complex to be quickly surmounted. And as a drama, its intent is to help us view our world with greater wisdom and empathy, not help us retreat into the rom-com fantasy realm where our romantic ideals are indulged. Don’t get me wrong. I love romantic comedies and recommend the underappreciated gem, “Saving Face.” Nonetheless, we must have different expectations for dramas from romantic comedies. To help us better understand our world, dramas often take on disheartening subjects in repressed settings. Like “Philadelphia,” for instance. It deals with the struggles of AIDS, homophobia, hospitalization and the death of the ravaged main character. Still, it wasn’t dismissed as depressing. In fact, we felt heartened as Denzel Washington’s bigoted character came to realize he and Tom Hanks’s queer character are more alike than different and as he came to respect a loving, committed relationship between two gay men.
“Disobedience” takes on another struggle for LGBTQ folk (and still sometimes for women), that of people of faith being shunned by their spiritual communities unless they hide their truths and observe tradition. The film may be set in an ultra orthodox Jewish area in London, but the core of this conflict is all too familiar to us who grew up in the Bible Belt or in other acutely conservative pockets all over the world.
Certainly, we can find this struggle frustrating, even painful at moments, but the film is not bleak. It is fundamentally about the transformative power of love and freedom. It is love that arouses two reticent souls made wary by long separation, misperceived rejection and the absence of societal affirmation. it is love that reconciles a child with the father who blew out her candle. And it is love that converts a man’s bitter heart into one of compassion and forgiveness. But it is freedom...the freedom to choose what we think, how we act and who we are...that makes these loves possible and separates us from other beings.
As Dovid says, “There is nothing so tender or truthful as the true feeling of being free.” For me, that’s not depressing, that’s hopeful.
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bieten keine schauspielerische Leistung, nicht einmal in den dürftigen Sexszenen. Ebenso dürftig und
holperig ist die Handlung selbst, welche überdies durch unmotivierte, abrupte Szenenwechsel weiter
verschlechtert wird. Nach der Hälfte des Films reicht es und man schaltet enttäuscht ab.