Kadosh
| Kadosh | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Amos Gitai |
| Written by | Eliette Abecassis Amos Gitai |
| Produced by | Amos Gitai Michel Propper |
| Starring | Yaël Abecassis Yoram Hattab Meital Barda Uri Klauzner Yussuf Abu-Warda |
| Cinematography | Renato Berta |
| Edited by | Monica Coleman Kobi Netanel |
| Music by | Philippe Eidel Louis Sclavis |
| Distributed by | Ocean Film |
Release date | June 10, 1999 |
Running time | 116 minutes |
| Countries | France Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
Kadosh (Hebrew: קדוש) (lit. Sacred) is a 1999 film by Israeli director Amos Gitai. It was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Plot
Kadosh is a bleak drama on the status of women in Haredi society. In the opening scene, Meir (Yoram Hattab), a young Talmudic scholar, thanks God in his morning prayers for not being born a woman. At first, the marriage of Meir and his wife, Rivka (Yael Abecassis), appears tender and idyllic, but as the day progresses, it becomes clear that Meir is obsessed with the fact that he is childless after ten years of marriage. Rivka's younger sister, Malka, marries Yosef in a match arranged by their parents, but loves Yaakov, a rock singer, who has abandoned the religious community.[2]
Cast
- Yaël Abecassis - Rivka
- Yoram Hattab - Meïr
- Meital Barda - Malka
- Uri Klauzner - Yossef (as Uri Ran-Klausner)
- Yussuf Abu-Warda - Rav Shimon
- Leah Koenig - Elisheva (as Lea Koenig)
- Sami Huri - Yaakov
- Rivka Michaeli - Gynaecologist
- Samuel Calderon - Uncle Shmouel
- Noa Dori - Noa
- Shireen Kadivar - Lexa
See also
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Kadosh". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (2000-02-16). "New York Times review". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
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