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Wedding in Galilee
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Title: Wedding in Galilee

Release Date: 1 Dec 1987

Runtime: 1h 52m

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: ZDF, Les Productions Audiovisuelles, Marisa Films, CNC

Production Companies: ZDF, Les Productions Audiovisuelles, Marisa Films, CNC

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.2 (16 votes)

Cast

  • Mukhtar: Mohamad Ali El Akili
  • Mother: Bushra Karaman
  • The governor: Makram J. Khoury
  • Bacem: Yussuf Abu-Warda
  • Bride: Anna Condo
  • Groom: Nazih Akleh
  • Soumaya: Sonia Amar
  • Hassan: Eyad Anis
  • Ziad: Waël Barghouti
  • : Juliano Mer-Khamis
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