A fascinating fictionalized look at the rise, starting in the early 1980s, of the ultra-Orthodox Shas political party in Israel, created to fight for the rights of Sephardic Jews (those from the Middle East and Africa), who were looked down on by the powerful Ashkenazi Jews (of European descent) who controlled the country’s political machinery and wielded their power against the Sephardim. Started by a regular guy whose family was humiliated, along with a few friends, by the Ashkenazi establishment, the Shas movement arose from very humble beginnings to fundamentally reshape the Israeli political landscape. Good acting and a very interesting story, well told. (Subtitles.)
