A Thousand and One Wives (1989)
Overview
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.
Cast
Yossi Pollak
Naftali
Nissim Azikri
The Wise
Salim Daw
Matchmaker
Rivka Bahar
Masuda
Rita Yahan-Farouz
Flora
Levana Finkelstein
Tikva Aziz
Geula Nuni
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