Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the fact that girls are forbidden to study religious texts. When Yentl's father dies, she still has a strong desire to learn about her faith, so she disguises herself as a young man, enrolls in a yeshiva, and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
Barbra Streisand's directorial debut adapts Isaac Bashevis Singer's story for the screen. Yentl was Streisand's passion project, and she fought for years to bring it to the screen, creating a blockbuster musical epic.
Filmography: The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), The Prince of Tides (1991).
This film is part of a double-feature ticket in the “Tribute to Barbra Streisand” program.
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