“The Women’s Balcony” was nominated for five Israeli Academy Awards and has been a hit with audiences and critics around the world. Sedona is one of the first theatrical stops for this feel-good comedy after winning top awards and acclaim from prestigious international film festivals.
“The Women’s Balcony” is a dramatic comedy about community, old traditions and values and the power of women to keep all of these together in the face of modern extremism.
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gender rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.
When the women’s balcony in an Orthodox synagogue collapses, leaving the rabbi’s wife in a coma and the rabbi in shock, the congregation falls into crisis.
Charismatic young Rabbi David appears to be a savior after the accident, but slowly starts pushing his fundamentalist ways and tries to take control. This tests the women’s friendships and creates an almost Lysistrata-type rift between the community’s women and men.
“Viewers will leave the theater in a joyous mood.” — Variety
“A very human and funny story.” — The Jerusalem Post