The year 2000 approaches in Jerusalem's Orthodox Mea Shearim quarter, where the women work, keep house, and have children so the men can study the Torah and the Talmud. Rivka is happily and passionately married to Meir, but they remain childless. The yeshiva's rabbi, who is Meir's father, wants Meir to divorce Rivka: "a barren woman is no woman." Rivka's sister, Malka, is in love with Yakov, a Jew shunned by the yeshiva as too secular. The rabbi arranges Malka's marriage to Yossef, whose agitation when fulfilling religious duties approaches the grotesque. Can the sisters sort out their hearts' desires within this patriarchal world? If not, have they any other options?
Keywords
- Festival de Cannes
- Impossible Love
- Middle East Focus: Amos Gitai and Michel Khleifi
- Panorama: Amos Gitai
- religion
Actors
- Yaël Abecassis
- Yoram Hattab
- Meital Barda
- Uri Klauzner
Director
- Amos Gitai
Drama, Romance
1h 50min
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Two sisters become victims of the patriarchal, ultra-orthodox society.
Two sisters become victims of the patriarchal, ultra-orthodox society.
The year 2000 approaches in Jerusalem's Orthodox Mea Shearim quarter, where the women work, keep house, and have children so the men can study the Torah and the Talmud. Rivka is happily and passionately married to Meir, but they remain childless. The yeshiva's rabbi, who is Meir's father, wants Meir to divorce Rivka: "a barren woman is no woman." Rivka's sister, Malka, is in love with Yakov, a Jew shunned by the yeshiva as too secular. The rabbi arranges Malka's marriage to Yossef, whose agitation when fulfilling religious duties approaches the grotesque. Can the sisters sort out their hearts' desires within this patriarchal world? If not, have they any other options?
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Cast & Crew
Director
Amos Gitai
Cast
Yaël Abecassis
Cast
Yoram Hattab
Cast
Meital Barda
Cast
Uri Klauzner