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To Take a Wife

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An Orthodox Jewish woman (Ronit Elkabetz) desperately wants to leave her controlling husband (Simon Abkarian).

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Yasser Medina Cinefilia 08/05/2020
7/10
A very solid drama about the dilemmas of marriage and the emancipation of women in patriarchal societies. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Irene M 06/24/2023 I saw this *after* seeing the third in the triology, and so seeing the echos of the future movie reminded me of the trial, and how I preferred the order, so that I saw the third movie from the same vantage point as the divorce judges. Of course, hard to watch without having memories of my own childhood, See more 03/24/2010 Claustrophobic marriage indeed. I'm sure glad I'm not her. See more Read all reviews
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Ronit Elkabetz

Director

Shlomi Elkabetz

Director

Ronit Elkabetz

Viviane

Simon Abkarian

Eliahou

Gilbert Melki

Albert

Sulika Kadosh

Hanina Ohayon
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Movie Info

Synopsis An Orthodox Jewish woman (Ronit Elkabetz) desperately wants to leave her controlling husband (Simon Abkarian).
Director
Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
Producer
Eric Cohen, Jean-Philippe Reza, Marek Rozenbaum, Itai Tamir
Screenwriter
Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 16, 2010
Runtime
1h 37m