[1] Shabtai Alfandari (Shaike Ophir) is a pure Sephardic Jerusalemite, father to nine daughters, who yearns for a son who will one day say Kaddish for him after his death.

He consults with sorcerers to remove the curse that prevents him from having a son.

The film premiered a week before the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, during which it achieved significant success, attracting approximately 50,000 viewers in its first week.

However, the war's onset led to a sharp decline in audience numbers.

In August 1974, the film returned to theaters but failed to replicate its initial success.