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Disobedience

Synopsis

A woman returns to her Orthodox Jewish home after the death of her rabbi father and stirs up controversy when she shows an interest in an old childhood friend.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2017 - Special Presentations - World premiere

Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Features
Running time
114 mins
Director
Sebastián Lelio
Producer
Ed Guiney, Frida Torresblanco, Rachel Weisz
Editor
Nathan Nugent
Screenwriter
Naomi Alderman (novel), Sebastián Lelio (adaptation), Rebecca Lenkiewicz (adaptation)
Director of Photography
Danny Cohen
Production Designer
Sarah Finlay
Principal cast
Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, Alessandro Nivola, Mark Stobbart, Sophia Brownachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola, Allan Corduner, Anton Lesser, Nicholas Woodeson

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

An Element Pictures (UK, IE), Braven Films (US) production with support from Film4 (UK), LC6 Productions

Element Pictures UK

53 Bolsover Street
London
W1W 5NG

Sales Company

FilmNation Entertainment

150 West 22nd Street, 9th Floor
New York
NY 10011
USA

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