Review of Kadosh

For my last blog post I thought I'd write a review for the film we just finished watching: Kadosh.

The film takes place in Israel following several Orthodox Jews and their lives. Typically I think of Orthodox jews as being a little radical and on the crazy side, not because of their beliefs but because of some of their actions. This movie was a nice look into the more personal side of things we don't really get to see. I could even relate some of what was going on with things in our own culture. Things like forbidden love, social pressure and expectations, unfaithfulness, and other personal stresses and problems, such as not being able to have children.

On the flip side though, several of these things would not be as big of a problem, if it all, in our society. The religious pressures to have children, forcing you away from your wife, or arranged marriages causing unfaithfulness is not as common of a thing as it seems to be here.

It was very interesting though to see a seldom seen group in the Middle East tension. The film almost didn't seem like it was taking place in Israel, because it didn't have many of the aspects we are used to seeing and hearing in regards to that region.