A Thousand and One Wives
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Rita Yahan-Farouz · Levana Finkelstein · Michal Bat-Adam · Etti Grotes · Nissim Azikri · Rivka Bahar · Nava Ziv · Yossi Pollak · Jonathan Cherchi · Varda Ben Hur · Salim Daw