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A Thousand and One Wives
A Thousand and One Wives

A THOUSAND AND ONE WIVES

אלף נשותיו של נפתלי סימן טוב | Elef Neshotav Shel Naftali Siman-Tov

Directed by Michal Bat-Adam
Israel, 1989
Drama, History

Synopsis

In the Bukharim quarter, Jerusalem, during the 1920s, merchant Naftali Siman-Tov is a wealthy middle-aged widower, all of whose previous wives have mysteriously died. He is therefore afraid to get married again due to believing that he’s cursed. A local matchmaker pressures him to get married again.

Synopsis

In the Bukharim quarter, Jerusalem, during the 1920s, merchant Naftali Siman-Tov is a wealthy middle-aged widower, all of whose previous wives have mysteriously died. He is therefore afraid to get married again due to believing that he’s cursed. A local matchmaker pressures him to get married again.