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?
Production
ZDF · Les Productions Audiovisuelles · Marisa Films · CNC
Cast & Characters
Mohamad Ali El Akili
Mukhtar
Bushra Karaman
Mother
Makram J. Khoury
The governor
Yussuf Abu-Warda
Bacem
Anna Condo
Bride
Nazih Akleh
Groom
Sonia Amar
Soumaya
Eyad Anis
Hassan
Waël Barghouti
Ziad
Juliano Mer-Khamis
Ian Chemi
Officer 2
Tali Dorat
Soldier
Directors & Crew
Michel Khleifi
Director
Jacqueline Louis
Producer
Bernard Lorain
Producer
Michel Khleifi
Producer
Michel Khleifi
Screenplay
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