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Disobedience

2017 Directed by Sebastián Lelio

Love is an act of defiance

A woman learns about the death of her Orthodox Jewish father, a rabbi. She returns home and has romantic feelings rekindled for her best childhood friend, who is now married to her cousin.

Rachel Weisz Rachel McAdams Alessandro Nivola Cara Horgan Liza Sadovy Omri Rose Anton Lesser Dominic Applewhite Bernardo Santos Allan Corduner Nicholas Woodeson Alexis Zegerman Mark Stobbart David Olawale Ayinde Adam Lazarus Bernice Stegers Dave Simon Sophia Brown

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