Please be advised that "Barren" depicts and/ or discusses triggering topics. Such topics include, but are not limited to, SA, infertility, and abortion.
The JCC is proud to have a community partnership with the Jewish Fertility Foundation. Barren includes themes of infertility, which is something that impacts many Jewish families of all denominations. The Jewish Fertility Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance, emotional support, and infertility education to those struggling to build their families. For more information about JFF's chapter in Denver, visit jewishfertilityfoundation.org/denver or email JFF-Denver Manager Shira Gabry-Kalikow here.
Married for four years, Faigi (Mili Eshet), a young Haredi married woman, has still not gotten pregnant. She wishes her husband, Naftali (Yoav Rotman) would agree to fertility treatment, but he prefers to believe their desire for a child will be answered through prayer. After enduring, against her will, a shocking and humiliating “treatment” for infertility, she finds herself shunned by Naftali, mistrusted by her in-laws, and questioning her role in the only culture she has ever known. Beautifully photographed and acted, this haunting film offers a deep and multifaceted look into an an insular community that reveals little to the outside world.
- Year2022
- Runtime108 minutes
- LanguageHebrew
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorMordechai Vardi
Please be advised that "Barren" depicts and/ or discusses triggering topics. Such topics include, but are not limited to, SA, infertility, and abortion.
The JCC is proud to have a community partnership with the Jewish Fertility Foundation. Barren includes themes of infertility, which is something that impacts many Jewish families of all denominations. The Jewish Fertility Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance, emotional support, and infertility education to those struggling to build their families. For more information about JFF's chapter in Denver, visit jewishfertilityfoundation.org/denver or email JFF-Denver Manager Shira Gabry-Kalikow here.
Married for four years, Faigi (Mili Eshet), a young Haredi married woman, has still not gotten pregnant. She wishes her husband, Naftali (Yoav Rotman) would agree to fertility treatment, but he prefers to believe their desire for a child will be answered through prayer. After enduring, against her will, a shocking and humiliating “treatment” for infertility, she finds herself shunned by Naftali, mistrusted by her in-laws, and questioning her role in the only culture she has ever known. Beautifully photographed and acted, this haunting film offers a deep and multifaceted look into an an insular community that reveals little to the outside world.
- Year2022
- Runtime108 minutes
- LanguageHebrew
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorMordechai Vardi