Wedding in Galilee

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?

Keywords

  • Cine-Short: 90 Minutes of cinema
  • Escape to the 80's
  • Middle East Focus: Amos Gitai and Michel Khleifi
  • San Sebastian Film Festival
  • The Golden Shell
  • The Sooner team's favorites: Fabian

Actors

  • Mohamad Ali El Akili
  • Bushra Karaman
  • Makram J. Khoury
  • Yussuf Abu-Warda
  • Anna Condo

Director

  • Michel Khleifi

Timeless


1h 40min


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Belgium
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Israel
1988
A Palestinian father asks Israel for permission to lift the curfew to give his son a beautiful wedding.

A Palestinian father asks Israel for permission to lift the curfew to give his son a beautiful wedding.


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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