DisobedienceRonit has left London and transformed her life. She has become a New York career woman, who is in love with a married man. But when her father dies she is called back into the world of her childhood. The orthodox Jewish suburb of Hendon is outraged by her provocative ways. But Ronit is shocked too by the confrontation with her past. And when she meets up with her girlfriend Esti, she is forced to think again about what she has left behind. |
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