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The Secrets
Why this pick
It similarly examines women negotiating an Orthodox Jewish world, balancing spiritual intensity, forbidden longing, and compassionate observation rather than easy condemnation.
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MOVIE1999 1h 50m ISR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
''Kadosh'' is a bleak drama on the status of women in Haredi society. In the opening scene, Meir (Yoram Hattab), a young Talmudic scholar, thanks God in his morning prayers for not being born a woman. At first, the marriage of Meir and his wife, Rivka (Yael Abecassis), appears tender and idyllic, but as the day progresses, it becomes clear that Meir is obsessed with the fact that he is childless after ten years of marriage. Rivka's younger sister, Malka, marries Yosef in a match arranged by their parents, but loves Yaakov, a rock singer, who has abandoned the religious community.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Yoram Hattab
Meïr
Yaël Abecassis
Rivka