Kadosh (1999)

Original title

קדוש‎

Directed by

Amos Gitai

Genre

drama film

Country

Israel, France

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

12+

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem, two sisters face strict religious expectations about marriage and motherhood. One is trapped in a childless marriage while the other is forced to abandon the man she loves.

somberemotionalslow-burnintimatebleakconfinedintensecontemplative

What happens

Kadosh (Hebrew: קדוש, lit. 'Sacred') is a 1999 film by Israeli director Amos Gitai based on a script he co-wrote with Eliette Abecassis and starring Yaël Abecassis, Yoram Hattab, Meital Barda and Uri Klauzner and Yussuf Abu-Warda. The movie was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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