Song of Songs

Critics rate it 34 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 21m.

Devoutly religious Ruth returns from Israel to care for her dying mother, but when she tries to bring her estranged brother David back into the fold, in accordance with her mother's wishes, the result is a startling journey into the darkest realms of sexual obsession: a forbidden game under the guise of religious law. Dark, ambiguous and distinctly adult, this study of belief and desire, set in the cloistered world of London's Orthodox Jewish community, thoughtfully explores the links between faith and violence, denial and longing.

• Josh AppignanesiDirector
• Josh AppignanesiWriter
• Jay BasuWriter
• John RoomeOriginal Music Composer

• Natalie PressRuth Cohen
• Joel ChalfenDavid Cohen
• Julia SwiftSarah Cohen
• Félicité Du JeuAbigail
• Amanda BoxerRachel Silverbaum
• Philip DunbarIsaac
• Amber AgarTanya
• Leon LissekRabbi Berg
• Sue KelvinOrna Laitner
• Jonathan TaflerMichael Laitner
• Elliot LevyGideon
• Justine MitchellLaura