A Price Above Rubies

Director: Boaz Yakin Boaz Yakin

Overview

In this drama set in New York City, a Rabbi's wife defies her husband to go and work in the Manhattan diamond district.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/15/2021
UPC:	0810072542526
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	R
Source:	Miramax
Language:	English
Time:	1:56:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Renee Zellweger	Sonia
Christopher Eccleston	Sender
Glenn Fitzgerald	Mendel
Allen Payne	Ramon
Julianna Margulies	Rachel
Kathleen Chalfant	Beggar Woman
Edie Falco	Feiga
John Randolph	Rebbe
Kim Hunter	Rebbitzn
Jackie Ryan	Young Sonia
Shelton Dane	Yossi
Peter Jacobson	Schmuel
Tim Jerome	Dr. Bauer
Phyllis Newman	Mrs. Gelbart
Joyce Reehling	Shaindy
Faran Tahir	Hrundi Kapoor
Martin Shakar	Mr. Berman
Teodorina Bello	Mrs. Garcia
Glenn Flesher	Chief Gabbal
Adam Dannheisser	Young Gabbal No. 1
Stephen Singer	Gabbal No. 2
Marvin Einhorn	Gabbal No. 3
Mark Zimmerman	Doctor
Richard Lifschutz	The Moel
David Deblinger	Baruch
Sam Jennings	Heshle
Erin Rakow	Tsipi
Asher Tabak	Yechlel
Allen Swift	Mr. Fishbein
Daryl Edwards	Nelson
Peter Slutsker	Mr. Sugarman
Lauren Klein	Sonia's Mother
Tonye Patano	Earring Woman
Don Wallace	Ty
Asia Minor	Homegirl
Roseanna Plasencia	Homegirl No. 2
Jerry Matz	Mr. Engelberg
Michael Sthulbarg	Young Hassid
Karen Contreras	Young Woman
Wai Ching Ho	Lady Vendor
Mel Duane Gionson	Paranoid Vendor
Paul J.Q. Lee	Smooth Vendor
Leyla Aalam	Israeli Woman
Julianna Magulies	Actor
Lesley Barber	Composer

Technical Credits

Boaz Yakin

Boaz Yakin	Director,Screenwriter
Douglas Aibel	Casting
Lawrence Bender	Producer
John Ottesen	Special Effects
John Penotti	Producer
Bob Weinstein	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
William Sarokin	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

While the initial idea of casting Renee Zellweger as an Orthodox Jewish wife seems fairy ludicrous, her richly drawn, expressive performance is the chief selling point of this often overearnest but sometimes rewarding drama. The central story of the main character's desire to escape her passionless marriage and suffocating existence is older than the Bible, but Zellweger makes the role believable and noteworthy, and sidesteps many of the clichés a lesser performance might employ. Boaz Yakin has assembled a top-drawer cast besides Zellweger, but the film would have benefited from a tighter script and a resistance to creating soap opera (especially in the form of Zellweger's lover, played by Allen Payne). Director Yakin was greeted with jeers from the Brooklyn Hasidic community depicted in the film, presumably for casting Hollywood beauty Zellweger in the title role and bucking more traditional casting; upon release, even lukewarm reviews were quick to praise her solid portrayal.