To Take A Wife

ולקחת לך אישה

TMDB6.0IMDb7.1

A Story of Tradition, Love and Fear

CINEMA2004-06-01
RegionFR / IL
Runtime97 MIN
Media TypeMovie

Storyline

The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her husband and her brothers, who want her to stay married and leave behind the notions of being loved and f

Ronit Elkabetz
DIRECTOR / Director
Ronit Elkabetz

Cast & Crew

KEYWORDS

husband wife relationshiprage and hatemarriage crisismarried couplearranged marriagecigarettelovermarriagecalamityirreconcilabilitycoercionconflictdivorceextramarital affairfamily feudwoman director