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Committed to the Orthodox way of life, but tempted by worlds of intense sexuality

JL;DR SUMMARY "Pink Lady," directed by Nir Bergman, is an evocative film exploring the tension between Haredi values and the rise of suppressed desires. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityFilmHarediMarriageCommunityHomosexualityOrthodoxyDesireSexualityRepression

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Israel
"The film Pink Lady screens Thursday, June 5, as the opening film at the Israel Film Festival at JCC Manhattan."
New York City, New York, United States
"Simi Horwitz is a feature writer and film reviewer based in New York City."
Morocco
"not unlike the 2022 Moroccan flick Blue Caftan"

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