Release Date

01 Dec, 1987

Runtime

01:52: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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?

Original Title

عرس الجليل

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Actors

Mohamad Ali El Akili

Bushra Karaman

Makram J. Khoury

Yussuf Abu-Warda

Anna Condo

Nazih Akleh

Sonia Amar

Eyad Anis

Waël Barghouti

Juliano Mer-Khamis

Ian Chemi

Tali Dorat

Crew

Michel Khleifi

Jacqueline Louis

Anne Verhoeven

Walther van den Ende

Jean-Marie Sénia

Bernard Lorain

Michel Khleifi

Michel Khleifi

Marie Castro