Wedding in Galilee

Urs al-jalil

Israel, France, Belgium, Palestinian Territory

1987

113 Min

Color

1.66:1

Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish

Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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PROD Michel Khleifi, Bernard Lorain, Jacqueline Louis

CAST Mohamad Ali El Akili, Bushra Karaman, Makram Khoury, Yussuf Abu-Warda, Anna Condo, Nazih Akleh, Sonia Amar, Eyad Anis, Waël Barghouti, Juliano Mer-Khamis

SOUND Dirk Bombey, Ricardo Castro, Jean-Paul Loublier

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs): FIPRESCI Prize, San Sebastián (Competition): Golden Seashell, London, San Francisco

Synopsis

The elder of a Palestinian village in Israel seeks and is granted permission to hold a traditional wedding for his son on one condition: that the Israeli military governor and his staff be guests of honor at the ceremony. In director Michel Khlefi’s first feature, two disparate cultures come together (and set aside their complex differences) for one day of bipartisan celebration.