Kadosh
“In a world of ancient traditions…”
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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Amos Gitai Director · Éliette Abécassis Writer Renato Berta Cinematographer
First release May 11, 1999 · Produced in Israel, France · Production Agav Hafakot
Production
MP Productions
Production
Agav Hafakot
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Israel · France
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Original title
קדוש
Original language
Hebrew
Spoken on screen
Hebrew
Release dates
France · May 11, 1999
Premiere · Source: IMDB (Cannes)
Israel · June 10, 1999
Theatrical · Source: IMDB
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
October 12, 2000 · Theatrical
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