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Arranged
from Film Movement
starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Francis Benhamou, Marcia Jean Kurtz, John Rothman, Mimi Lieber
directed by Diane Crespo;Stefan C. Schaefer
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Sky High
"Arranged" was as entertaining as it was moving. Directors Stefan C. Schaefer & Diane Crespo keep the action focused and the story paced briskly. Rochel is played by Zoe Lister-Jones who does an excellent job as a Jewish girl teaching in the public schools. She helps a visually impaired student. The uncertainty Lister-Jones shows as she sorts through a number of suitors including Daniel London's hilariously played nervous guy cameo as Elliot is entrancing to watch. Finally, Rochel spots Gideon played... more info
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Do you take this man . . .
Two women of different and often hostile cultures find it far easier to make friends with each other than find husbands to their liking. That's the given in this sometimes comic tale of a young Orthodox Jewish woman and her Muslim colleague at a Brooklyn school. Both have parents intent on getting them married. Both find the men that are available boring, crude, or diffident. Give credit to the screenwriters for suggesting that their holding out for Mr. Right has a lot to do with the men who are their... more info
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loved it
simple without being simplistic, "Arranged" reinforces the truth that there is great unity within diversity and diversity within unity. The characters and the story are believable and offer insight into the traditions of religiously observant families. Everyone carries with them the attitudes and practices of their cultural upbringing and the challenge is how one CHOOSES to integrate them into their own life and the importance of discovering what it is that really matters to us and why.
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exclusion and embrace
Rachel is a twenty-two year old Orthodox Jew. Nasira is a Syrian Muslim. It would appear that they have little in common. Not true. They both teach at a public school in Brooklyn, and they befriend each other as they both struggle with the tensions that arise between their conservative religious families and the larger, secular world in which they live and work. Their principal makes fun of their religious values, their students assume that all Jews and Muslims hate each other, and their families are... more info
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