This is an example of an almost good movie.
Feels like a book. . .or a play. . .hell, there’s just something about it that just feels *off*. The character arcs are so very predictable, and yet the specificity of it (orthodox Jews “allowed” one year of religious study before marriage in Safed) is nothing but fascinating.
It is shot on location and has lots of legit-seeming Kabbalah ramblings. I recommend it more as an ethnographic experience than a movie. So, so close to being good. Shame, really.
