Tikvah
Editors’ Pick

April 28, 2015

A Film about Ḥasidim that Moves beyond Stereotypes

Felix and Meira is the story of one ḥasidic woman.

The movie Felix and Meira tells the story of a ḥasidic woman unhappy with her marriage and her community who toys with leaving the fold and pursues a dalliance with a Gentile. The movie, writes Shulem Deen, succeeds because, unlike other treatments of restless Ḥasidim, its characters are humans rather than archetypes:

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