kadosh (1999)

Original title: ???? / kadosh

Production: USA|116 min|

Dramatic, Psychological

jerusalem: meir and rivka, who have been married for ten years, live in the ultra-orthodox jewish quarter of mea sharim. since they cannot have children, the rabbi of the community requires meir to repudiate his wife; he, although in love, accepts. rivka leaves the house and sinks into solitude. his sister malka is in love with yaakov, who lives outside the community. the rabbi wants to give her to his assistant, but the girl, given also the suffering of rivka, finds the strength to rebel.