Sebastián Lelio's Disobedience is based on the novel of the same name by Naomi Alderman, and is adapted by Lelio and Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
The film sees Ronit (Rachel Weisz) returning to the Orthodox Jewish community she grew up in after her father, a revered rabbi, dies. She left the extremely religious enclave in London behind for a secular life in New York City, and she’s not welcomed back with open arms. Already considered a black sheep, Ronit is the source of even more controversy when she rekindles her intense connection with a childhood friend, played by Rachel McAdams.
The central pair are joined by Alessandro Nivola (American Hustle), Anton Lesser (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), Nicholas Woodeson (Skyfall), Cara Horgan (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas), Allan Corduner (Defiance), Alexis Zegerman (Happy-Go-Lucky), Dominic Applewhite (The King's Speech), and Bernardo Santos (Tomb Raider).
Disobedience is produced by Ed Guiney for Dublin-based Element Pictures, Frida Torresblanco for Braven Films, and Rachel Weisz for HGS Productions. Disobedience is financed by Film 4 and Film Nation. It is an Element Pictures/ LC6 Productions / Braven Films production.
Curzon Artifical Eye will release in the UK and Element Pictures Distribution in Ireland.
“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
IRISH FILM PREVIEW 2018
CinÉireann / January 2018 61
DISOBENDIENCE
DIR: SEBASTIAN LELIO
PRO: ELEMENT PICTURES
AUG 24