A Thousand and One Wives

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A Thousand and One Wives (1989)

Directed by Michal Bat-Adam

Drama · 1h 30m

The Bukharan neighborhood of Jerusalem in the 1920s Naftali is a wealthy trader and a middle-aged widow whose all his former wives have mysteriously passed away and he is afraid to remarry with a belief that he has a curse on him. The matchmaker presses and the old woman coaxes and finally carries Flora, a 24-year-old virgin, but not to infect her with a curse, he avoids any physical contact with her. The plot gets complicated when Flora gets hurt as a result of her relationship with the fabric merchant, and Naftali, who can't bear the shame, turns his anger on his young wife.

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Cast

Yossi Pollak Naftali Nissim Azikri The Wise Salim Daw Matchmaker Rivka Bahar Masuda Rita Yahan-Farouz Flora Levana Finkelstein
J
Jonathan Cherchi Cutter
N
Nava Ziv Zulicha
V
Varda Ben Hur
E
Etti Grotes Tikva Aziz
D
David Baruch Doctor

Crew

Director
Michal Bat-Adam
Writer
Michal Bat-Adam
Novel
Dan Benaya-Serri
Director of Photography
Yoav Kosh
Editor
Yosef Grunfeld
Producer
Effi Atad

Details

Original title
אלף נשותיו של נפתלי סימן טוב
Release date
1989-02-14
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Original language
HE
Spoken languages
Hebrew
Countries
Israel
Production
Israeli Film Fund