A young woman flees her arranged marriage for Berlin, finding new music and an inescapable past.
Intimate and earnest. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
Nothing past what a TV-MA promises: moderate sex and nudity, and some violence.
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A Hasidic Jewish woman in Brooklyn flees to Berlin from an arranged marriage and is taken in by a group of musicians — until her past comes calling.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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