This is an Israeli film about an Orthadox Jewish girl, Shira, who is about to be married off to a man her family has chosen.
When her sister dies in childbirth it puts a halt to the arrangement and attentions turn to whether she should marry her sister's widow in order to keep him and the baby close to the family.
It is a very quiet film full of the routine of community and while fascinating as an outsider to watch I'm afraid I got a little bit bored. The characters are naturally reserved and emotions are contained but perhaps a little too much so. I never felt I got a real understanding of what was going on in Shira's head which is kind of key to the plot and while it is great to see an understated performance this was a little too much so.
I'm going to give it 50% and it is yet to be rated on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes.
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