Based on a true story about forbidden love between two ultra-orthodox girls. It was a huge success in the cinema, both in Israel and in the US. The screenplay was chosen to be archived in Hollywood.
SYNOPSIS
1996 . Naomi, a young ultra-Orthodox girl with great intellectual promise dares to aspire to become a high-ranking rabbinic authority. She convinces her father to postpone her wedding and permit her to study at a seminary for girls in the mystical city of Tzfat. Unbeknownst to him, the director of the seminary, Rabbanit Dvori, is a pioneer in the struggle for women’s ordination, and has developed the first certification program. While there, pious Naomi is paired off as a study-partner with rebellious French-Israeli Michelle. Although this seems an impossible match at first, the two somehow fall in love, breaking yet another taboo… Naomi’s newfound desire and love make her risk everything she ever thought she wanted. The Secrets began as a film, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival (2007), and was hailed by The Hollywood Reporter as “witty and wise, sensual and emotionally overpowering – one of the best Israeli movies”. The text was archived in Hollywood !
(playwright + Director) based on the screenplay. The play was produced (2017), in BEIT LESSIN THEATRE, one of Israel’s largest theatres, and nominated for 3 awards in Israel and won numourous awards at International Festivals including 2 awards for best Screenplay. Hadar also directed “The Secrets” (Tajemstvi) in the Czech Republic, May 2018, at a large repertoire Municipal theatre.