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A Price Above Rubies

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A Price Above Rubies
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R,2hrs 0min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1998
Director:
Boaz Yakin
Distributor:
Miramax
Starring:
Renée Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fitzgerald  ...more
Synopsis: Boaz Yakin (a Sundance winner for Fresh) wrote and directed this drama, set in Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish community, about a young woman who harbors doubts about continuing to follow the path of her religion. Sonia (Renee Zellweger) gives birth to her first child. She wants to name the boy after her dead brother, but after an argument over the name, she resentfully defers to her husband, scholarly zaddik (holy man) Mendel (Glenn Fitzgerald). Both are apprehensive over the child's circumcision. Hasidic ... Full Synopsis
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Jason Clark, AMG Review
While the initial idea of casting Renee Zellweger as an Orthodox Jewish wife seems fairy ludicrous, her richly drawn, expressive performance is the chief selling point of this often overearnest but sometimes rewarding drama. The central story of the main character's desire to escape her passionless marriage and suffocating existence is older than the Bible, but Zellweger makes the role believable and ... Full Review
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