To Take A Wife

A Story of Tradition, Love and Fear

6/1/20041h 37min6.4/10(17 TMDB votes)

DramaRomance

Directed by Ronit Elkabetz

Plot

The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her husband and her brothers, who want her to stay married and leave behind the notions of being loved and free.