Project Detail

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

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

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Sales Company

FilmNation Entertainment

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New York
NY 10011
USA

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