The Women's Balcony

Comedy, Drama | 2017 | NR. 1hr 36min
CAST: Evelin Hagoel, Igal Naor, Orna Banai DIRECTOR: Emil Ben-Shimon SISTER CITIES FILM FESTIVAL | Kiryat-Motzkin, Israel

The women in an Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem are appalled when their synagogue gets a strict new rabbi who preaches rigid gender roles. The ladies soon decide to fight back against his ultratraditionalist beliefs, while raising money to repair the "women's balcony" in the synagogue.

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Reviews

The Women's Balcony overlooks nothing when it comes to addressing faith, segregation and sexism in a peppery, entertaining way.

Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail

With an eye for artful detail, director Emil Ben-Shimon orchestrates a resolution both plausible and jubilant.

Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader