🎬 Documentary

Desert Brides

"My Happiness, Her Misery"

2008 1h 15m Dir. Ada Ushpiz

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This is the story of three Bedouin women, struggling within a polygamous system. Living in the Negev desert in Israel, the story is told through the eyes of a wedding photographer, Mariam Al-Quader. She herself is living under constant fear that her husband will marry "over her" (the expression used when a man chooses an additional wife). The other two women are pushed into marrying already married men, and become "second wives", forced to cooperate within a structure they despise or are afraid of.

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Year
2008
Runtime
1h 15m
Genre
Documentary
Director
Language
HE
🎭 Documentary 🎬 Ada Ushpiz
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