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- 2000
- Not Rated
- Kino International
- 1 h 50 m
- 2000
- Not Rated
- Kino International
- 1 h 50 m
Summary The son of a rabbi is pressured to end his childless marriage, but his wife is still hopeful they can conceive. Her sister is enamored with a musician but betrothed to a scholar.
Directed By: Amos Gitai
Written By: Eliette Abecassis, Amos Gitai
- 2000
- Not Rated
- Kino International
- 1 h 50 m
- 2000
- Not Rated
- Kino International
- 1 h 50 m
Kadosh
70
4.0
Summary The son of a rabbi is pressured to end his childless marriage, but his wife is still hopeful they can conceive. Her sister is enamored with a musician but betrothed to a scholar.
Directed By: Amos Gitai
Written By: Eliette Abecassis, Amos Gitai
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
70
88% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
70
88% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
13% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
An alternately angry and sad portrait, passionate in its presentation and moving in its portrayal of individuals who sacrifice their love for the tenets of their religion.
A powerful indictment of a religious mind set and is sure to spark plenty of post-screening discussion.
A poetic and somber film that underscores the bum deal women usually get in any restrictive society.
One of Gitaï's greatest assets in Kadosh is such stillness, which leaves facile outsiders' judgment out of the frame and thereby deepens our immersion in the narrative.
It is unusually but effectively organized as an almost unbroken chain of intimacies between the small and large players in this story.
It moves slowly, but you suspect that is the way of life in Mea Shearim, the closed quarters of a group that triggered Gitai's respect and our curiosity.
It's hard to tell whether these characters are meant to seem as staunchly symbolic as they do when they deliver some of the back-story-heavy dialogue.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
4.0
43% Positive
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57% Negative
4 Ratings
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
4.0
43% Positive
3 Ratings
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0% Mixed
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57% Negative
4 Ratings
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Awards
Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
• 7 Nominations
Singapore International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
