Movielogr
A Thousand and One Wives (1989)
Directed by Michal Bat-Adam
Overview
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.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Yossi Pollak | Nissim Azikri | Salim Dau | Rivka Bahar | Rita Yahan-Farouz | Levana Finkelstein | Jonathan Cherchi | Nava Ziv | Varda Ben Hur | Etti Grotes | Tikva Aziz | Baruch David | Geula Nuni | Amira Polin | Tsipora Tsabari