British drama in which a woman returns to her home-town for her father's funeral, but her arrival rekindles a forbidden love affair.
The film feels less sure-footed as it wears on, culminating in an ending that's undoubtedly cathartic but also a little clumsy.
Brilliantly directed by the Chilean-Argentine Sebastián Lelio, Disobedience is very different from typical British realist drama. Lelio gives even the most humdrum scenes shot in drab, grey north-London houses and streets an unlikely lyricism.
Chilean director Sebastián Lelio's follow-up to A Fantastic Woman is the story of same-sex love within the Orthodox Jewish community, but it's a drab affair lacking passion and colour.
Stacks the dramatic decks so much in favour of its protagonists that their dilemma feels a little quaint.
An understated yet profound examination of identity and self-sacrifice, this honest depiction of repressed romance will unashamedly tug at every heart string.
[Rachel Weisz is] let down by weak material and a film which looks down on too many of its characters.
A well-rounded piece on sexuality and repression in the confines of an orthodox community.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday January 4, 2019, until Monday January 7, 2019. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com