Unorthodox
Anna Winger, 2020
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
Deborah Feldman, 2012
Unorthodox is a TV mini-series created by Anna Winger in 2020 and inspired by the book Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman, first published in 2012. The TV series features Shira Haas, Amit Rahav, Jeff Wilbusch, Alex Reid, Aaron Altaras, Tamar Amit-Joseph, and others.
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Storyline
Esty, a 19-year-old Jewish woman, is living unhappily in an arranged marriage among an ultra-Orthodox community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City. She runs away to Berlin, where her estranged mother lives, and tries to navigate a secular life, discovering life outside her community and rejecting all of the beliefs she grew up with.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2020
Minutes
213
Movie Rate
8.00
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
Unorthodox
Creator: Anna Winger
Country: Germany
Year: 2020
Length: 3h33m / 4 episodes
Year
2012
Pages
272
Book Rate
7.86
S: Goodreads
Book
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
Author: Deborah Feldman
Country: USA
First published in: 2012
Length: 272 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“I was impressed with Lynch's Dune, but it was not what I had dreamed of. I'll go back to the book and to the images that came out when I read it.”
DENIS VILLENEUVE (Filmmaker, Scriptwriter)
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