The Unorthodox (2018)

Original title

הבלתי רשמיים

Directed by

Eliran Malka

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Sephardic father in 1980s Jerusalem starts a religious political party after his daughter is expelled from school because of her ethnic background. The film follows his efforts to fight for the rights of Sephardic Jews.

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What happens

The Unorthodox is a 2018 Israeli drama film directed by Eliran Malka. It marks Malka's feature film debut, known previously as the creator of the TV series Shababnikim. The film's plot is based on the true story of the founding of the Shas political party in the 1980s in Jerusalem. The protagonist, Yaakov Cohen (Shuli Rand), is driven to form a religious political party representing the interests of Sephardic Jews. The incident that drives Cohen is the expulsion of his daughter Heli (Or Lumbrozo) from a Bais Yaakov school, owing to her Sephardic background.The movie opened the 2018 Jerusalem Film Festival. It also marks Rand's return to cinema after a 15-year absence from the big screen since his previous role in the film Ushpizin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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