Baltimore Jewish Film Festival: The Women's Balcony
Maryland premiere
Drama
Israel, 2016
Director: Emil Ben Shimon
Hebrew with subtitles, 96 min.
When the women’s balcony in an Orthodox Jerusalem synagogue collapses and leaves the rabbi’s wife in a coma and the rabbi in shock, nobody assumed that the cause was anything more than bad architecture. Then, a charismatic young rabbi warns that the tragedy was a message to the men of the community, who haven’t done enough to ensure the modesty of their women. Rifts ensue, putting faith, marriages, friendships, and traditions to the test.