Synopsis
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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Festival History
- International Film Festival Rotterdam 2000 generic
- Cannes Film Festival 1999 generic
- Telluride Film Festival 1999 generic
- Toronto International Film Festival 1999 generic
Titles
| Original title | Kadosh | |
| Alternate title | Sacred |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Israel | June 10, 1999 |
| Theatrical | Czech Republic | October 12, 2000 |
Full credits
| Director | Amos Gitai |
| Cast | Yaël Abecassis (Rivka), Yoram Hattab (Meïr), Meital Barda (Malka), Uri Klauzner (Yossef) |
| Screenplay | Amos Gitai, Éliette Abécassis |
| Producer | Amos Gitai, Michel Propper |
| Cinematography | Renato Berta |
| Editing | Kobi Netanel, Monica Coleman |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
