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Wedding in Galilee

Wedding in Galilee

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 1, 1987

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

62%

Original Title

عرس الجليل

Production Companies

ZDF, Les Productions Audiovisuelles, Marisa Films, CNC

Director

Michel Khleifi

Description

A Palestinian seeks Israeli permission to waive curfew to give his son a fine wedding. The military governor's condition is that he and his officers attend. The groom berates his father for agreeing. Women ritually prepare the bride; men prepare the groom. Guests gather. The Arab youths plot violence. One Israeli officer swoons in the heat and Arab women take her into the cool house. A thoroughbred gets loose and runs to a mined field; soldiers and Arabs must cooperate to rescue it. As darkness falls, tensions between army and villagers rise, and the groom's wedding-night anger and impotence threaten family dignity and honor. Can cool heads prevail?