Disobedience: Simply Spectacular

After an unprecedented drought of quality dramas over the past six to 12 months, I was lucky enough to see “Disobedience” on DVD.

While the storyline evolves rather slowly and is a bit hard to follow initially, nothing could derail the gut-wrenching story of friendship, family, religion, love and loss.

As the film commences, three lifetime friends, played by Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz and Alessandro Nivola, reconnect after some years of separation. Divine portrayals by all of them adjoin the heavenly writing that, layer by layer, unfolds a life-long truth.

The film is filled with countless, poignant and numbing scenes, tastefully addressing – with the possible exception of an otherwise wonderfully romantic scene, which seemed unnecessarily graphic – a multitude of entwined issues.

Navigating a plethora of very sensitive, heartfelt moments and complex conflicts, “Disobedience” is an intensely spiritual tale – one that carves a path to define one’s happiness, purpose and dignity, along with the deep emotional holes such a journey can leave in the soul.

The core messages and lessons of the beautiful work linger like a great weight – leaving the viewer in awe.

“Disobedience” is clearly a film that is Oscar-worthy in many categories.

****1/2/*****