MaryAnn’s quick take… A slyly wise, hugely entertaining portrait of an Orthodox Jewish community that loses its joy when a newcomer sows discord. You don’t have to be religious to love it. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for stories about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Israeli box-office hit The Women’s Balcony opens with one of the most delightful depictions of a joyful community I’ve ever seen onscreen: neighbors wending their way through narrow Jerusalem streets, carrying homemade food to a potluck celebration, all laughing and happy in their party clothes. They are on their way to a bar mitzvah, it turns out, a gathering primarily defined, it seems, by the gentle humor of people ribbing their friends and family, and of the everyday greasing of the wheels that food and ritual provide.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Israeli box-office hit The Women’s Balcony opens with one of the most delightful depictions of a joyful community I’ve ever seen onscreen: neighbors wending their way through narrow Jerusalem streets, carrying homemade food to a potluck celebration, all laughing and happy in their party clothes. They are on their way to a bar mitzvah, it turns out, a gathering primarily defined, it seems, by the gentle humor of people ribbing their friends and family, and of the everyday greasing of the wheels that food and ritual provide.
- 7/14/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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