To Take A Wife

To Take A Wife

A Story of Tradition, Love and Fear

Sinopse

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.

  • 5.7
  • 2004
  • Released
  • 1h 37m
Status

Released

Original Language

he

Keywords
  • #husband wife relationship
  • #rage and hate
  • #marriage crisis
  • #married couple
  • #arranged marriage
  • #cigarette
  • #lover
  • #marriage
  • #calamity
  • #irreconcilability
  • #coercion
  • #conflict
  • #divorce
  • #extramarital affair
  • #family feud
  • #woman director
Made by  Geisiel Melo  with