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116 min | USA | 35 mm
critics' choice
credits
PROD: Lawrence Bender-Rubies, Inc.
SALES: Pandora Cinema
SCENARIO: Boaz Yakin
CAMERA: Adam Holender
EDITOR: Arthur Coburn
ARTDIR: Dan Leigh
SOUND: William Sarokin
MUSIC: Lesley Barber
CAST: Renee Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fitzgerald, Allen Payne, Julianna Margulies, Kathleen Chalfant, Edie Falco
screenings
29 friday 19:30 Luxor
30 saturday 09:45 Venster 1
04 thursday 09:30 Path� 7
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'Life is neatly laid out for her. A nice position beside her diligently studying husband, who may one day be the new rabbi. A baby makes their happiness complete. But Sonja feels more and more hemmed in by her role as dutiful wife to a man who buries himself in the Talmud. A first sensational step in that orthodox Jewish environment in Brooklyn is a job as right-hand man to her brother-in-law, the jeweller Sender. With her haircut and her clothing, her attitude changes too. She allows herself to be seduced by her brother-in-law and doesn't let anyone tie her in any more. Her difficult quest for personal freedom cuts the ground from under her, but eventually opens the eyes of others too. Boaz Yakin again reveals himself to be an excellent storyteller. Against a sensitive and authentic-looking background, he lets his protagonist acquire stature in low-profile scenes.' Erik Koch, de Telegraaf
Boaz Yakin
Boaz Yakin (New York, 1966), after his film training at the University of New York, started as scriptwriter in Los Angeles. His directing d�but Fresh from 1994 won the prestigious Sundance Award. After Fresh Yakin wrote two more screenplays, for The Punisher and The Rookie. A Price Above Rubies is his second feature.
films
Fresh (1994), A Price Above Rubies (1998)
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