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a dark drama of women living in a society where they are second class citizens kadosh sacred begins with meir an orthodox jew living in the mea shearim district of jerusalem greeting the day with his morning prayers which includes the phrase thank you oh lord for not having made me a woman . meir begins to understand just how poorly regarded women can be in the orthodox faith when his rabbi suggests he should leave his wife . meir and rivka yael abecassis have been married for ten years and have a solid relationship based on affection and mutual respect . however they have been unable to have children and as meir is reminded the talmud says a woman without children may as well be dead . consequently the rabbi advises meir to divorce rivka and take up with a younger woman who can give him a family . meanwhile rivkas younger sister malka meital barda is soon to wed yossef uri ran klauzner in a match arranged by their parents even though malka loves another man yaakov sami hori who has dared to question the teachings of the orthodox faith . yossef soon proves to be blind to malkas emotional and physical needs and she begins to wonder how long she can continue to live within this circle even though it is the only world she knows . destined to be controversial in its native israel kadosh sacred was shown in competition at the 1999 cannes film festival . mark deming all movie guide . br br original theatrical trailer the making of kadosh featurette a 24 minute documentary about the making of the film .
dvd nr 116 minutes kino video