Michel Khleifi
Noce en Galilee (Wedding in Galilee)
Edition 1987
113'
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1987
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Drama
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Dialogue:
Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew
Director:
Michel Khleifi
Composer:
Jean-Marie Sénia
With:
Ali Mohammed Akili, Nazih Akly, Mabram Khouri, Anna Achdian
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?
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Credits
Director
Michel Khleifi
Composer
Jean-Marie Sénia
With
Ali Mohammed Akili, Nazih Akly, Mabram Khouri, Anna Achdian
Scenario
Michel Khleifi
Director of Photography
Walter van den Ende
Editor
Marie Castro Vazquez
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Dialogue
Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew
Countries of production
Belgium, France, Palestine
Year
1987
