A Thousand and One Wives
1989, Hebrew. Directed by Michal Bat-Adam.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Hebrew
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- Released
- 14 February 1989
- Original title
- אלף נשותיו של נפתלי סימן טוב
- Country
- Israel
- Written by
- Michal Bat-Adam
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Who directed A Thousand and One Wives?
A Thousand and One Wives (1989) was directed by Michal Bat-Adam and stars Yossi Pollak, Nissim Azikri, Salim Daw.