Emil Ben-Shimon. Charismatic young Rabbi David appears to be a savior after the accident, but slowly starts pushing his fundamentalist ways and tries to take control. Winner, Best Screenplay Award – UK International Jewish Film Festival 2017 The Women’s Balcony is a joyous, riotous and thought provoking portrayal of a community striving for equality, which has deservedly become a global hit. Directed by Emil Ben-Shimon. “The Women’s Balcony” asks us to question what it means to be a good Jew and, indeed, a good person. A bar mitzvah mishap causes a major rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem. About a conservative synagogue and the congregation that faces the loss of “The Women’s Balcony” immerses the viewer in a culture whose rules may seem unusual to outsiders. As Israeli films go, this is one of the better ones. Most striking to me was the quickness by which Ettie was forgiven by her friends. By whose interpretations shall we conduct our lives? The story begins when the women’s balcony at the synagogue collapses during the bar mitzvah celebration for Ettie’s grandson. One evening during the “intermediate days” of the festival of Sukkot, at the Simchat Beit HaSho’evah celebration held annually at Neve Yerushalayim, a Jerusalem women’s seminary, my daughters and I engaged in four or five hours of nonstop dancing. But when the women’s balcony collapses during a bar mitzva, seriously injuring several members of the congregation and destroying the building, … Inside the synagogue, the men pray on the ground floor, while the women greet one another and orchestrate the proceedings from a balcony overlooking the men. Synopsis. Great movie shot, acted and directed in Israel. I greatly enjoyed this film despite some glaring holes in the plot. WATCH: An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a rift between husbands and wives in the hilarious Israeli comedy THE WOMEN'S BALCONY, now streaming on ChaiFlicks ! 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