<em>Disobedience</em> Is a Drab Story of Forbidden Love
Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams star in this slow-burning tale of a lesbian romance in London’s Orthodox Jewish community.
The hometown that Ronit Krushka (Rachel Weisz) returns to after her father’s death is a cold and gray one, a drab corner of North London that she fled in her youth. It isn’t the neighborhood itself that drove Ronit away, but the Orthodox Jewish community she was raised in—which is at odds with her bisexuality and her relaxed attitude toward personal relationships. Restraint is what defines the society at the center of: When Ronit absentmindedly moves to hug a man in one scene, he flinches in horror, forcing her to stop short.
