The story of Yehuda Grovais, a 33 years old Hassidic Orthodox,

who has become a label in Orthodox Jewish circles. Orthodox

Jews, who make up more than 15 percent of Israels population,

live under strict restrictions of the Halakha (rabbis law). The

strict forbiddance of going to movies and watching TV are among

the most well known of those restrictions. Yehuda Grovais began

to make movies under those conditions. By deep conviction and belief he turned the oxymoron “Orthodox Cinema“ into reality. Regardless of the prohibitions, threats by fanatic Orthodox people, rejection by the secular Establishment, awful working conditions and difficult financial situation, Yehuda paves his way from absolute cinematic ignorance to the mainstream of the Israeli filmmaking industry. How do films subject to religious prohibitions exist? How can people watch movies without going to film theatres or watching TV or video? Can one make films and remain an Orthodox Jew? Through the character of Yehuda, the film opens a window into a society unknown to most of us. But Film Zealot deals mainly with the realization of an impossible love. Loving cinema against all odds.