A Thousand and One Wives (1989)
1989 · 1h 30m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Michal Bat-Adam
Writers: Dan Benaya-Serri, Michal Bat-Adam
Music by: Alon Oleartchik
Cinematography: Yoav Kosh
Editor: Yosef Grunfeld
Cast
Yossi Pollak as NaftaliNissim Azikri as The WiseSalim Daw as MatchmakerRivka Bahar as MasudaRita Yahan-Farouz as FloraLevana FinkelsteinJonathan Cherchi as CutterNava Ziv as ZulichaVarda Ben HurEtti GrotesTikva AzizDavid Baruch as DoctorMore like this
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