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A Price Above Rubies. Cover Image E-video E-video

A Price Above Rubies.

Summary: Set in the Hasidic community of Crown Heights, a New York bastion for Jewish orthodoxy in Brooklyn, the story tells of the wife (Renee Zellweger) of a religious scholar (Glenn Fitzgerald). who goes against her husband and their inner circle by taking a job in the diamond district in a family-run jewelry store. With her newfound freedom comes an unexpected romance with a Puerto Rican artist (Allen Payne). Featured among the ensemble are Emmy Award-winning actress Julianna ("ER") Margulies and Christopher ("SHALLOW GRAVE") Eccleston as her sister and brother-in-Law. Of the story written and directed by Boaz ("FRESH") Yakin: "I wanted to make a movie about what happens when the power of female sexuality asserts itself in a conservative community."

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  • Physical Description: remote
    1 streaming video file (117 min.) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1998]

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Creation/Production Credits Note: Directed by Boaz Yakin.
Participant or Performer Note: Renée Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fitzgerald, Allen Payne.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Hasidim -- Social life and customs -- Drama
Married women -- Drama
Adultery -- Drama
Feature films
Genre: Streaming video.

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