Song of Songs

Audience Score
40
Song of Songs
NR 1 hr 21 minDrama
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 mothers 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 Londons Orthodox Jewish community thoughtfully explores the links between faith and violence denial and longing