Cinema
Kadosh
קדוש
Amos Gitai · 1999
Synopsis
Mea Shearim, in Jerusalem, among the ultra-Orthodox. Meir and Rivka have been married for ten years and love each other, but have no child; the community's rabbi, Rav Shimon, demands that Meir divorce his wife and marry another, Haya, to ensure his descent. Malka, Rivka's younger sister, is to marry Yossef, whom an arranged marriage intends for her, although she loves Yaakov, a former religious singer who has left the observance and is doing his military service. Each of the two sisters comes up against the law of the community.
Context
The film was the first Israeli film in twenty-five years to compete for the Palme d'Or, in May 1999, and brought its director international recognition. Yaël Abecassis plays Rivka, Yoram Hattab Meïr, Meital Barda Malka, Sami Hori Yaakov and Yussef Abu Warda the rabbi. It was released in France on 1 September 1999. For its twentieth anniversary, a restored print was shown at the Haifa festival, which describes it as a film angry at the oppression of women by religion.
Who it is for
One hour fifty, in Hebrew. It is best to know that in this milieu marriages are arranged by the families.
Prizes and reception
Selected in official competition at Cannes in 1999, a first for Israel in a quarter of a century; released in cinemas in France the same year.
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