A Thousand and One Wives

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

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Jonathan Cherchi

Cutter

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Nava Ziv

Zulicha

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Varda Ben Hur

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Etti Grotes

Tikva Aziz

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David Baruch

Doctor