A devout 18-year-old Israeli is pressured to marry the husband of her late sister. Declaring her independence is not an option in Tel Aviv's ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community where religious law tradition and the rabbi's word are absolute.
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A family crisis puts a young woman in a difficult position in this drama from Israeli filmmaker Rama Burshtein. Esther (Renana Raz) is the daughter of an Orthodox Rabbi who follows her father's faith, and she and her husband Yochay (Yiftach Klein) are happy to soon be welcoming their first child into the world. Joy turns to sorrow when Esther dies in childbirth; Yochay is devastated, and despite their own heartache, her mother Rivka (Irit Sheleg) and younger sister Shira (Hadas Yaron) step forward to help the widower look after his newborn son. Esther's father Rabbi Aharon (Chaim Sharir) counsels Yochay that it would be best for him and his young son if he remarried as soon as he feels capable, but finding a fit mother is no simple task. Rivka comes up with what she feels is a perfect solution -- an arranged marriage between Yochay and Shira, who has already grown fond of the baby. Yochay isn't sure he's comfortable with wedding his sister-in-law, and Shira feels no better about it, preferring to save herself for a virgin like herself, but the demands of her family may weigh more strongly than her own desires.
Israeli religious drama. When Esther (Renana Raz), the eldest daughter of an Orthodox Hassidic family, dies during the birth of her first child, plans for her younger sister Shira (Hadas Yaron)'s marriage are put on hold while the family grieve for their loss. Yochay (Yiftach Klein), the child's father, decides to leave Tel Aviv for Belgium to start a new life with another woman but Esther's mother is determined not to lose her only grandchild and demands that Yochay marry Shira in order to keep the family together. As a result, Shira is forced to choose between marrying the man she loves or acquiescing to her mother's wishes...
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