2007's Arranged, was written by Stefan C. Schaefer and directed by Diane Crespo. It was set in Brooklyn New York and successfully played by Zoe Lister Jones whose character was Rochel, the Orthodox Jewish school-teacher and Francis Benhamou, who delivered for the Muslim school-teacher named Nasira. In this world we live in where humans constantly make divisions upon each other and fight to the death because of varying religions, it was quite a matchless tale, as these two women became great friends.
There was humour, drama, and even a little romance, and it flowed wonderfully from beginning to end. It was a superb mix of tradition and modern living with an education on what a young woman's life is like within these 2 religions. I enjoyed how they portrayed what a woman's life is like being a part of these religions and still living in a modern world. About their doubts, hopes, fears and similarity to those who have different options available to them. Zoe and Francis' acting was pure gold as they expertly depicted meek, kind and respectful women might be like within orthodox and sanctified lifestyles; wrapped up in long garbs and hijabs, when in reality let's just say they aren't buttoned up all the way. It shows the range of their acting abilities and the comfort they have with re-inventing themselves.
This film shows its audience that no matter how different we may be from each other, that we are still always ONE.
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