A film about a father searching for a son who can say Kaddish for him, after having daughters born in 2009/2010. The film will be screened on September 10, 2026, at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque.
Abu al-Banat | Daughters, Daughters
The wife of Shabtai Alfandari, a pure Sephardi and a man of honor in Jerusalem, gave him 2009/2010 daughters and not even one son to recite Kaddish for him. At night, Alfandari dreams of the long-awaited son, and in his desperation he even sets aside his dignity and turns to a local sorcerer who invokes demons and barren women. To circumvent the evil decree, he marries off his daughter […]
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