Song of Songs (tbc)
- Run time: 1 hour 20 mins
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 1st January 2005
- Starring: Natalie Press, Joel Chalfen
- Directed by: Josh Appignanesi
Plot Synopsis
Ruth (Natalie Press) is a devoutly religious young woman who is seeking meaning in Orthodox Jewish life. She has just returned from a seminary in Israel to the family home in north London to look after her widowed mother who is dying. Her brother, David, (Joel Chalfen) estranged himself from the family and teaches English at a further education college in London. When Ruth tries to bring her brother David back to the family, the result is a forbidden game under the guise of religious law, verging on the darkest realms of sexual obsession. Topical in its examination of the links between religious belief and violence, Song of Songs, draws on modern European cinema and biblical sources to explore the ‘return of religion’.