Only 4 episodes of the German drama "Apostasy" refreshed my understanding of pure Judaism.
The heroine Esther Shapiro was born into an extreme Jewish group. The mission of women in this group is to give birth. Religion plunges the undead killed by the Nazis into human bones and blood, and forgetting hatred is betrayal. They want to continue as many descendants as possible and expand their ethnic group. Sex is just the process of creating life. Every Friday night, her husband simply and rudely invaded her room and invaded her. God's command cannot be ignored. He said the pain was her problem. "Always let my son feel that he is the king." said the hero's mother. "Am I the queen?" Eshther asked defiantly. The protagonist's mother was silent. She said she didn't run away, she just left without mentioning anyone. She came to Berlin, Germany. In this land with a tragic history, she changed her housewife's long dress for the first time, showed her shaggy short hair for the first time, sang in front of people for the first time, and experienced freedom from religion for the first time. Meaningful sex (this is not allowed by the ethnic group).
The scene that touched me the most was that she watched her new friends take off all their clothes one by one and rushed to the sea with joy. She hesitated for a long time, and slowly she walked toward the sea, as if to a new world that was bothersome and charming. Being in the water, the cold sea washes her depressed soul for a long time. Even if "Betrayal" would tear up her original self, the moment she solemnly took off the wig, she still felt a thrilling relief from the stolen freedom.
The apostasy has just begun, and the price of freedom is closely followed. She did not decisively cut her seat with tradition. She was still happy with the new life in her belly. Tradition and rebellion overlapped repeatedly in her body. How will she find the symbiosis of the two? Looking forward to the second season.
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