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A film of Nitzan Giladi is starring Moran Rosenblatt, Assi Levy as well as Roy Assaf follows a young woman named Hagit whose mild mental is lacked. Every day, she works in a toilet-paper factory and lives with her mother Sarah. ' Wedding Doll' describes Hagit's struggles to escape her overprotective mother.
The integrity of the filmmaking and the luminosity of Rosenblatt's performance are undeniable. And I suppose the fact that I was affected as I was by "Wedding Doll" is testimony to its emotional effectiveness.
A thoughtful and impressively performed Israeli film about a cheerful but mentally challenged young woman whose professional and personal ambitions are out of reach.
Writer-director Nitzan Giladi understands the myriad reactions of "normal" people to the developmentally disabled but betrays his heroine with a condescending scene in which she dons a bridal gown made of toilet paper rolls.
Though Wedding Doll sounds like another formulaic Hollywood romance, the intimate Israeli drama is a visually ravishing if imperfect window into a young woman's struggle for independence.
Lead actress Morgan Rosenblatt... portrays the sunny, naive Hagit with a sense of a fully formed and detailed inner life, filled with dreams and determination.
Ms. Rosenblatt keeps Hagit's inner light aflame, despite the man-centric motivations Mr. Gilady has saddled the character with, and Ms. Levy is very impressive as a self-sacrificing parent ...
Wedding Doll ultimately lives and dies on Rosenblatt's open, vulnerable performance in a tricky role, and she makes you feel Hagit's every joy and pain as she navigates a world that proves to be far less sunny and welcoming than her smile.
"Wedding Doll" is an affecting, offbeat romance and a coming-of-age tale of a mentally impaired woman who rises above cruelty, prejudice and an overprotective mom.