Arab-Jewish Film Screening - 'To Take a Wife'
Popcorn provided! Please show your bod card upon entrance.
Haifa, 1979. After repeated disputes, the extended Ohayon family tries to mediate between Viviane (Ronit Elkabetz) and Eliahou (Simon Abkarian) – two people with nothing in common except for their religious-cultural background and their four children. Over the course of several days, the couple quarrels over tradition, love, fears, and progress.

Siblings, Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz’s debut film which kicks off the trilogy that also includes Seven Days (2008) and Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014), introduces viewers to an Arab-Jewish Israeli family in the late 1970s. This moving drama won two awards at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Actress award at the Jerusalem Film Festival.
Date: 6 November 2024, 18:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Lecture Hall, Clarendon Institute Walton St, OX1 2HG
Speakers: Speaker to be announced
Organising department: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Organisers: Ya'el Nu'emah-Kremer (University of Oxford), Esther Yadgar (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: yael.kremer@ames.ox.ac.uk
Host: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Part of: Judeo-Cinema Nights
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-to-take-a-wife-tickets-1061489416419?aff=oddtdtcreator
Cost: Free
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Yael Kremer