Film

Kadosh

1999 · 1h 50m · Drama · Romance

In a world of ancient traditions…

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

94%

Metacritic

70

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?

Yaël Abecassis

Rivka

Yoram Hattab

Meïr

Meital Barda

Malka

Uri Klauzner

Yossef

• Amos GitaiDirector · Writer · Producer
• Éliette AbécassisWriter
• Michel PropperProducer
• Renato BertaDirector of Photography
• Monica ColemanEditor
• Kobi NetanelEditor

Release date

June 10, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

Hebrew

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

12+

Genres

Drama, Romance