Directed by:
Emil Ben-ShimonCinematography:
Ziv BerkovichCast:
Itzik Cohen, Evelin Hagoel, Igal Naor, Haim Zanati, Avraham Aviv Alush, Yafit Asulin, Herzl Tobey, Assaf Ben-Shimon, Einat SarufPlots(1)
A close-knit congregation fractures along gender lines after a catastrophe at their synagogue in this nicely observed, feel-good feminist film. Beginning with a bar mitzvah and culminating with a wedding, the story centers on a community of lively and relaxed Sephardic Jews who enjoy coming together as a community and revere their elderly spiritual leader, Rabbi Menashe. But when the titular balcony collapses during a bar mitzvah the rabbi's wife is severely injured. The rabbi, already in poor health, can't cope with the disaster. Lacking a place of worship as well as the services of an ordained religious leader, the men of the congregation are thrilled when the charismatic, ultra-orthodox seminarian Rabbi David helps them make a minyan. But Rabbi David's rigid style of religious observation doesn't sit so well with their wives. (Palm Springs International Film Festival)
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