45 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
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A devout Rabbi-detective tasked with unchaining women whose husbands deny them of a Jewish divorce and a new life, finds out that in his own home, and his own wife, lurks a secret that threatens his world and marriage. Through the story of Yossef Mourad and his wife Hannah, Unchained takes the viewer into the closed-off world of the ultra-orthodox Haredi society, and touches on the most painful place in which Jewish-law clashes with modern life – the status of women in society.
Acting
Avigail Kovari's contained performance destroys you quietly.
Writing
Renders religious legal minutiae absolutely riveting.
Direction
Claustrophobic framing makes Haredi world feel inescapable.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The agunah crisis is real: thousands of Jewish women worldwide remain chained to absent or refusing husbands.
Creator David Ofek grew up Haredi; the series was initially rejected by Israeli networks for being 'too niche' before becoming a critics' obsession.
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