A Thousand and One Wives (1989)

1h 30m · 14 Feb 1989

Drama

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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.

Movie ID	156409
Genre	Drama
Director	Michal Bat-Adam
Main cast	Yossi Pollak, Nissim Azikri, Salim Daw, Rivka Bahar, Rita Yahan-Farouz, Levana Finkelstein, Jonathan Cherchi, Nava Ziv
Release date	14 February 1989
Release year	1989
Language	Hebrew
Duration	90 min (1h 30m)
Rating	8.5 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house	Israeli Film Fund