Where Life Begins

Where Life Begins

99 mins | Drama | June 16, 2022

An ultra-orthodox Jewish family from Aix-les-Bains comes to a farm in southern Italy for a brief stay every year to carry out a sacred mission: harvesting citrons. Here Elio, the farm owner, meets Esther, the rabbi’s daughter, who is tired of the constraints imposed by her religion. Through this relationship, Esther will understand the importance of freedom and find her path, and, in the same way, Elio will find the peace he had lost for a long time.

Where Life Begins

99 mins | Drama | June 16, 2022

Where Life Begins
An ultra-orthodox Jewish family from Aix-les-Bains comes to a farm in southern Italy for a brief stay every year to carry out a sacred mission: harvesting citrons. Here Elio, the farm owner, meets Esther, the rabbi’s daughter, who is tired of the constraints imposed by her religion. Through this relationship, Esther will understand the importance of freedom and find her path, and, in the same way, Elio will find the peace he had lost for a long time.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Babe Films, Indiana Production Company, Apulia Film Commission, Vision Distribution
Original title Tu choisiras la vie
Directors Luca Pescatore, Alessandro Lattanzi, Leopoldo Pescatore, Stéphane Freiss
Writers Laure Deschenes, Audrey Gordon, Caroline Deruas, Stéphane Freiss