To Take a Wife

2004 film directed by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz
Movie film Q7811132
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Summary

To Take a Wife is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • To Take a Wife's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • To Take a Wife was directed by Ronit Elkabetz[4].
  • To Take a Wife was directed by Shlomi Elkabetz[5].
  • Ronit Elkabetz wrote the screenplay for To Take a Wife[6].
  • Shlomi Elkabetz wrote the screenplay for To Take a Wife[7].
  • To Take a Wife's composer is recorded as Michel Korb[8].
  • To Take a Wife's genre is drama film[9].
  • A cast member of To Take a Wife was Simon Abkarian[10].
  • A cast member of To Take a Wife was Ronit Elkabetz[11].
  • A cast member of To Take a Wife was Gilbert Melki[12].
  • A cast member of To Take a Wife was Albert Cohen[13].
  • To Take a Wife was produced by Marek Rozenbaum[14].
  • To Take a Wife's production company is recorded as Transfax Film Productions[15].
  • To Take a Wife's director of photography is recorded as Yaron Scharf[16].
  • The original language of To Take a Wife was Arabic[17].
  • The original language of To Take a Wife was French[18].
  • The original language of To Take a Wife was Hebrew[19].
  • To Take a Wife's color is recorded as color[20].
  • To Take a Wife's country of origin is recorded as Israel[21].
  • To Take a Wife's country of origin is recorded as France[22].
  • To Take a Wife was published on January 1, 2004[23].
  • To Take a Wife's narrative location is recorded as Israel[24].
  • To Take a Wife's main subject is tradition[25].
  • To Take a Wife's main subject is modernity[26].
  • To Take a Wife's main subject is marital breakdown[27].

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Authorship and Creation

To Take a Wife was produced by Marek Rozenbaum[14]. Directors include Ronit Elkabetz[4] and Shlomi Elkabetz[5]. Screenwriters include Ronit Elkabetz[6] and Shlomi Elkabetz[7]. Cast members include Simon Abkarian[10], Ronit Elkabetz[11], Gilbert Melki[12], and Albert Cohen[13].

Publication

To Take a Wife was released on January 1, 2004[23]. Original languages include Arabic[17], French[18], and Hebrew[19]. Its genre is drama film[9].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include tradition[25], modernity[26], marital breakdown[27], fear of the future[28], and interpersonal conflict[29].

Why It Matters

To Take a Wife ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 426279
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  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → tradition, modernity, marital breakdown +2
    Aliases → —
    Set in period → 1970s
    P14449 → 177839
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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