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A Price above Rubies (Original title)A Price below Rubies (Working title)
Dates: 1997 (Copyright), 14 May 1999 (Release)

Countries: USA, France, United Kingdom

Director: Boaz Yakin

Synopsis: Set in Brooklyn's Hasidic Jewish community. The film depicts the pressures of a restrictive life on an individualistic woman who wants more than her ascribed role of dutiful wife and mother.

Genre:
Drama