JIFF: Pink Lady

Pink Lady

“An excellent movie that tells a complex, moving story… The cast is wonderful.” – The Jerusalem Post

“A very urgent film.” – Cineuropa

“A story of female self-discovery and emancipation.” – Eye for Film

Australian Premiere

To others in her ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem, Bati’s life looks ideal. She’s married to Lazer and together, they have three beautiful children. Behind closed doors, however, the young couple’s marriage is strained, and their lives are rocked when Lazer is blackmailed with photos capturing his secret affair with another man. Desperate to protect her family from scandal, Bati tries everything to seduce her husband back to their marital bed. But in her struggles with this crisis, Bati makes some surprising discoveries about her own sexuality and desires.

Nir Bergman (co-creator of the series In Treatment) won the Best Directing prize for Pink Lady at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival where it had its world premiere. Screenwriter Mindi Ehrlich brings lived experience from her upbringing in a Haredi community, telling this nuanced and compassionate story from a woman’s perspective with moments of lightness softening the drama.

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Duration

106 min

Country

Israel, Italy

Language

Hebrew (English subtitles)

Cast

Nur Fibak, Uri Blufarb, Gal Malka

Director

Nir Bergman