Review of Disobedience (2018) by Ginak — 30 May 2018

Although “Disobedience” is a very quiet film, it is very powerful, full of deep feeling below the surface. Rachel Weisz plays a New York photographer named Ronit who returns to the closed religious community in London where she grew up, summoned back by Esti (Rachel McAdams) who tells her of her father's death.

Esti and Ronit are deeply in love, but Ronit chose to leave while Esti stayed behind and married into the community. None of the performances are showy or hyper-emotional, but absolutely convincing and deeply moving (including the one by Alessandro Nivola who plays Esti’s husband), making the film more interesting and intense.

If you are the kind of person who has the ability to sit through an emotionally intense human drama like this, you will be deeply rewarded by the experience.