A married young academic falls under the sexual thrall of a much older man whose air of jaded ennui conceals a secret desire for vengeance.
Acting
Rade Šerbedžija weaponizes world-weariness like a crocodile in sunglasses.
Direction
Maria Schrader lets silences scream louder than dialogue ever could.
Cinematography
Jerusalem's golden light makes betrayal look almost beautiful.
Director
Maria Schrader
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film adapts Zeruya Shalev's novel but softens the Israeli literary establishment critique—Schradar's German perspective adds fascinating outsider tension.
Tovah Feldshuh filmed her scenes during a break from Fiddler on the Roof—her Hannah channels the same matriarchal weight with infinitely more poison.
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