To Take a Wife
| To Take a Wife | |
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| Directed by | Ronit Elkabetz Shlomi Elkabetz |
| Written by | Ronit Elkabetz Shlomi Elkabetz |
| Produced by | Eric Cohen Jean-Philippe Reza Marek Rozenbaum Itai Tamir |
| Starring | Ronit Elkabetz Simon Abkarian Gilbert Melki Sulika Kadosh Dalia Beger Kobi Regev Omer Moshkovitz Yam Eitan Valérie Zarrouk Carl Zrihen |
| Cinematography | Yaron Scharf |
| Edited by | Joel Alexis |
| Music by | Michel Korb |
| Distributed by | Sophie Dulac Distribution |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Countries | Israel France |
| Languages | French Hebrew Moroccan Arabic |
To Take a Wife (VeLakahta Lekha Isha; French: Prendre femme) is a 2004 drama film. It is the directorial debut of veteran actress Ronit Elkabetz, who also stars in the film and was nominated for an Ophir Award for her performance. The film, a joint Israeli-French production, marks the debut of both directors, who were siblings, and serves as a kind of shared autobiography.
It premiered at the 61st Venice International Film Festival in September 2004 and screened in numerous countries, receiving widespread international acclaim.
The film is the first in a trilogy about the unhappy marriage of Viviane. It was followed by Shiva in 2008, and Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem in 2014.