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Two brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive orthodox culture where females are forbidden to sing, let alone speak out.Two brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive orthodox culture where females are forbidden to sing, let alone speak out.Two brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive orthodox culture where females are forbidden to sing, let alone speak out.
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- 1 win & 10 nominations total
Tikva Dayan
- Rabbinit
- (as Tiki Dayan)
Seffy Rivlin
- Rabbi Hess
- (as Sefi Rivlin)
Hayah Shalit
- Seminary Girl
- (as Ilayah Shalit)
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The orthodox religious and studious Jewish Naomi (Ania Bukstein) is the daughter of a prominent rabbi and is promised to marry the arrogant yeshiva student Michael (Guri Alfi). Naomi secretly dreams on becoming a rabbi and after the death of her mother, she succeeds in convincing his father to postpone her marriage and be sent to the traditional Seminary of Knowledge and Truth in the ancient city of Safed in the mountains. The grieving Naomi shares a room with the outcast and free-spirited Michelle (Michal Shtamler) and two other roommates. Naomi and Michelle are assigned by the headmistress to help Anouk (Fanny Ardant), a woman that spent fifteen years in prison for killing her lover, and is terminal with cancer. Anouk asks for the purification Kabalistic ritual Tikkun to reach God, and the girls decide to help her. Meanwhile Naomi falls in love for Michelle and she finds in the Bible that their desire is not considered a sin in the eyes of God. While assisting Anouk, Naomi tries to convince her beloved friend that their relationship is not wrong in a repressive society ruled and judged by men.
"Ha-Sodot" a.k.a. "The Secrets" is a beautiful, sensitive and transgressor romance in a society ruled by conservative rabbis and extremely repressive with women. I immediately recalled Peter Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures" and the platonic love of Juliet Hilme and Pauline Parker. Further, Ania Bukstein and Michal Shtamler slightly resemble Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey in the beginning of their careers. It is engaging to see in 2009 such different society when compared with the western culture, and a director exposing this situation without any judgment or manipulation. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Segredos Íntimos" ("Intimate Secrets")
"Ha-Sodot" a.k.a. "The Secrets" is a beautiful, sensitive and transgressor romance in a society ruled by conservative rabbis and extremely repressive with women. I immediately recalled Peter Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures" and the platonic love of Juliet Hilme and Pauline Parker. Further, Ania Bukstein and Michal Shtamler slightly resemble Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey in the beginning of their careers. It is engaging to see in 2009 such different society when compared with the western culture, and a director exposing this situation without any judgment or manipulation. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Segredos Íntimos" ("Intimate Secrets")
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- Jul 24, 2009
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- Gross US & Canada
- $122,094
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,536
- Nov 30, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $264,006
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