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Daughters, Daughters

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Daughters, Daughters
Film poster
Directed byMoshé Mizrahi
Written byMoshé Mizrahi
Shaike Ophir
Produced byYoram Globus
Menahem Golan
StarringShaike Ophir
CinematographyAdam Greenberg
Edited byDov Hoenig
Release date
  • 1973 (1973)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew

Daughters, Daughters (Hebrew: Abu el Banat) is a 1973 Israeli film directed by Moshé Mizrahi, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Plot

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Shabtai Alfandari (Shaike Ophir) is a pure Sephardic Jerusalemite, father to nine daughters, who yearns for a son who will one day say Kaddish for him after his death. Alfandari dreams about the son and plays with him in his dreams. He consults with sorcerers to remove the curse that prevents him from having a son. He arranges for his eldest daughter to marry his assistant in hopes that a male child will be born into the family, but another daughter is born instead.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Daughters, Daughters". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
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