The Secrets
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Avi Nesher
Fanny Ardant
Ania Bokstein
Michal Shtamler
Adir Miller
Guri Alfi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Naomi, the brilliant and pious daughter of an ultra orthodox rabbi finds herself at a crossroads of life choices when her mother dies and she is expected to immediately marry her father's prodigy. Distressed yet determined, she begs that her father allow her one year to study at a women's religious seminary in Safed, the birthplace of the Kabala in order to prepare herself for the sacrifices she will make as a wife. Her father relents and Naomi's life begins to take an unexpected turn. Devote but lively, Naomi and her new friend Michelle befriend a beautiful, mysterious older woman, Anouk, who is ill and living nearby who may or may not be Jewish, and may have committed a crime of passion. Naomi devises a series of rituals which will somehow "purify" Anouk and purge her of her sins, but as these stretch the borders of Jewish law they must be kept secret. Eventually this journeys into the forbidden and leads to a growing attraction between the two girls and more crossroads are faced.
Director
Avi Nesher
Cast
Fanny Ardant
Ania Bokstein
Michal Shtamler
Adir Miller
Guri Alfi
Alma Zak
Tiki Dayan
Dana Ivgy
Talli Oren
Sefi Rivlin
Rivka Michaeli
Crew
Michel Abramowicz
Leon Edery
Moshe Edery
Hadar Galron
Sharon Harel-cohen
Andre Malignac
Avi Nesher
Avi Nesher
Daniel Salomon
Isaac Sehayek
Yoram Shayer
Inbal Shuki
David Silber
David Silber
Edgard Tenenbaum
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall November 26, 2008
Limited Release in United States November 26, 2008
Released in United States March 13, 2009
Released in United States on Video April 7, 2009
Released in United States July 2008
Shown at Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (International Dramatic Feature) July 9-21, 2008.
Released in United States Fall November 26, 2008
Limited Release in United States November 26, 2008
Released in United States March 13, 2009 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video April 7, 2009
Released in United States July 2008 (Shown at Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (International Dramatic Feature) July 9-21, 2008.)
