Feature film
Wedding in Galilee
عرس الجليل
Michel Khleifi · 1987
Synopsis
In a Palestinian village in Galilee placed under curfew by the Israeli army, the mukhtar wants to celebrate his son Adel's wedding according to tradition, beyond nightfall. The military governor allows it only on condition that he attend with his officers as guests of honour, which divides the family and the village, where some think of attacking the guests. The wedding unfolds over a day and a night of tension, while a horse strays into a minefield.
Context
Co-produced by Belgium, France and Germany, the film received in 1987 the international critics' prize at Cannes and the Golden Shell of the San Sebastián festival, then the Tanit d'or at Carthage in 1988, and was released in France on 18 November 1987. Ella Shohat notes that it does not reduce the oppression of the Palestinians to a Manichaean scheme and shows some soldiers as ordinary, even likeable men.
Who it is for
For seeing the life of a Palestinian village under occupation, filmed from the inside and without propaganda.
Prizes and reception
Jonathan Rosenbaum, in 1988, hails a fluid and beautiful film that says a great deal about the life of Palestinians.
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