A Thousand and One Wives
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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.
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Cast
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Yossi Pollak
Naftali
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Rita Yahan-Farouz
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Levana Finkelstein
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Jonathan Cherchi
Cutter
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Varda Ben Hur
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Michal Bat-Adam Director · Dan Benaya-Serri Author Yoav Kosh Cinematographer
First release February 14, 1989 · Produced in Israel · Original title אלף נשותיו של נפתלי סימן טוב
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Israeli Film Fund
Production
Israel
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Original title
אלף נשותיו של נפתלי סימן טוב
Original language
Hebrew
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Hebrew
Release dates
Israel · February 14, 1989
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