Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan

Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 3, 1998

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

57%

Original Title

Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan

Production Companies

Les Films du Rivage

Director

Hiner Saleem

Description

Kurdish expert Hiner Saleem (Shero) wrote and directed this French comedy-drama, set inside the 100,000-population Kurdish community in Paris. The original French title translates as "Long Live the Bride...and the Liberation of Kurdistan." Cheto (Georges Corraface) seeks a wife via videotapes while still seeing his French girlfriend, immigration office worker Christine (Stephanie Lagarde). Cheto places an order for a beautiful girl, but he's disappointed when her sister, country girl Mina (Marina Kobakhidze), arrives at the airport as a substitute. Family pressure forces him to marry her. Unhappy with the way she's treated by Cheto, Mina acquires some progressive notions from Leila (Schahla Aalam) and other local feminists, leading to confrontations with Cheto.