The Women's Balcony

The Women's Balcony (2016)

ישמח חתני

An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.

Date of release
2016-09-29
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (24)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Emil Ben-Shimon

Casting

Interesting facts

The Women's Balcony is a 2016 Israeli comedy film directed by Emil Ben-Shimon. The film stars Evelin Hagoel, Yigal Naor, Orna Banai and Aviv Alush. The film follows a Mizrahi synagogue congregation in Jerusalem's Bukharan Quarter. The congregation is in disarray from building damage to their synagogue. A charismatic and handsome young rabbi (Alush) promises to rebuild the synagogue, but seeks to move the community in a far more conservative direction.

Production

Although the film is set in Jerusalem's Bukharan Quarter, it was instead filmed in Musrara, Nahlaot, Yemin Moshe and Talbiya, West Jerusalem neighborhoods that still have Jewish pluralism in terms of observance and practice.

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