To Take A Wife

To Take A Wife (2004)

ולקחת לך אישה

A Story of Tradition, Love and Fear

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 free.

Date of release
2004-06-01
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
Collection
Gett Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

To Take a Wife is a 2004 drama film. It is the directorial debut of veteran actress Ronit Elkabetz, who also stars in the film and was nominated for an Ophir Award for her performance. The film, a joint Israeli-French production, marks the debut of both directors, who were siblings, and serves as a kind of shared autobiography.

Production

The film was loosely based on the marriage of co-directors Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz's parents. Like the characters in the movie, their mother was a hairdresser and their father a religious postal worker. The film was always planned to be the first in a series based on Viviane Amsalem's struggle to free herself.

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