Release Date

10 Jun, 1999

Runtime

01:50: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The year 2000 approaches in Jerusalem's Orthodox Mea Shearim quarter, where the women work, keep house, and have children so the men can study the Torah and the Talmud. Rivka is happily and passionately married to Meir, but they remain childless. The yeshiva's rabbi, who is Meir's father, wants Meir to divorce Rivka: "a barren woman is no woman." Rivka's sister, Malka, is in love with Yakov, a Jew shunned by the yeshiva as too secular. The rabbi arranges Malka's marriage to Yossef, whose agitation when fulfilling religious duties approaches the grotesque. Can the sisters sort out their hearts' desires within this patriarchal world? If not, have they any other options?

Original Title

קדוש‎

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Actors

Yaël Abecassis

Yoram Hattab

Meital Barda

Uri Klauzner

Crew

Amos Gitai

Amos Gitai

Éliette Abécassis

Renato Berta

Monica Coleman

Kobi Netanel

Amos Gitai

Michel Propper