Three Mothers

Three Mothers (Hebrew: שלוש אמהות, Shalosh Imahot) is a 2006 Israeli drama film, directed by Dina Zvi-Riklis. Plot synopsis The film follows three sisters who were born as triplets: Rose, Flora and Yasmeen. The sisters grow up in a prosperous family in Egypt, and are visited by King Farouk. The film moves between the current-day relationship of the sisters, now in their sixties, and their story from when they were young, as they relate it to Ruha, Rose's daughter. The girls' mother died young, when the family lived in Alexandria. The widowed father decides to move to Tel Aviv, in Israel, where he opens a large shop. Rose, who is fiercely independent, begins a relationship with a young man her father does not approve of. When she becomes pregnant, marriage becomes a priority for all the sisters. On the eve of their triple wedding, the father dies. The film is woven throughout with the singing of younger Rose, played by singer Miri Mesika. We learn of the complex relations among the sisters through their encounters with Ruha, who films them telling their stories. As she peels off the sisters' outer layers of secrets and past wrongs, what she hears causes her emotional distress, and she is worried this might affect her attempts to become pregnant. As it turns out, the acts and betrayals carried out by the sisters are beyond her imagination.