The Women’s Balcony
New York Jewish Film Festival 2017
January 11 - 24, 2017
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in an Orthodox community in Jerusalem in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power. Emil Ben-Shimon’s feature debut is a warm portrait of a community seeking to balance protocol with practical and progressive values.
In this sharply observed dramedy about a literal and metaphorical fall—a women’s balcony collapses during a Bar Mitzvah—a close-knit Sephardic congregation in Jerusalem fractures along gender lines. Emil Ben-Shimon’s feature debut is a warm portrait of a community seeking to balance protocol with practical and progressive values. This rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power is accompanied by stirring music and sumptuous food.
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