The Syrian Bride
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Koch International
EAN: 0741952307198
Format: Color, Content/Copy-Protected CD, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Koch Lorber Films
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageFrenchOriginal LanguageHebrewOriginal LanguageRussianOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Koch Lorber Films
MPN: KLF-DV-3071
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Koch Lorber Films
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 06, 2006
Running Time: 97 minutes
Studio: Koch Lorber Films
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Editorial Review:Product Description:In this moving drama from Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis a young Israeli woman engaged to a Syrian man faces the fact that marriage to her betrothed in Syria will mean she can never return to Israel. But when she gets to the border and looks set to begin a new life some surprises await her.System Requirements:Running Time: 97 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: FOREIGN/LATIN UPC: 741952307198 Manufacturer No: KLF-DV-3071
Amazon.com:A statement about borders--and the absurdity of bureaucracy--
The Syrian Bride strides sucessfully between tragedy and comedy. Mona (olive-eyed Clara Khoury,
Rana's Wedding) is the bride. She lives in Majdal Shams, a Druze village in the Israel-occupied Golan Heights. According to the opening title, "Druze loyalty is split between Syria and Israel." Tallel (Derar Sliman), her husband-to-be, resides in Damascus. She has never met him--though she
has seen him on TV (he's a soap star). Once Mona crosses into Syria, she won't be allowed to return. Hence her wedding day begins on a somber note. Mona's family has problems of its own. Political dissident father Hammed (Makram J. Khoury, Clara's real-life
paterfamilias) has recently been released from jail, and it looks as if he may be sent back again (for defying parole). Older sister Amal (
Paradise Now's Hiam Abbass, who steals the show with her slow-burning intensity) is experiencing her own marital strife, while her daughter is seeing a pro-Israeli Druze. As for Mona's brothers, Hammed refuses to speak to Hattem (Eyad Sheety), who moved to Russia eight years ago and has returned for the wedding, non-Muslim wife and son in tow. And just in from shady business dealing in Italy is Marwan (Ashraf Barhom), the family screw-up, i.e. a gap-toothed charmer devoid of scruples. Directed by Israel's Eran Riklis (
Borders ) and co-written by Suha Arraf, a Palestinian-Israeli,
The Syrian Bride takes an occasionally schematic, if admirably even-handed look at ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances.
--Kathleen C. Fennessy
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The DVD has been sent to me from USA - and it arrived amazingly fast. I appreciate this kind of perfect service. Thank you
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This movie is an amazing window into a particular Arab culture that is not shown much in the Western world. I highly recommend this movie to anyone remotely interested in the Middle East, and especially the Levantine region.
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I agree with the Amazon.com review that says this is a film about borders and the "absurdities of bureaucracy." Not only that, but it is a good depiction of life for the Druze of the Golan Heights. Officially part of Israel, this peculiar people mostly claims loyalty to neighboring Syria, who lost the territory in the 1967 War but still refuses to recognize Israel's dominion over it. Obviously this makes for a tense situation between the two countries and the Druze are stuck in the middle.
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Note: Arabic with English subtitles.
'The Syrian Bride' released in '04 is a magnificent and profound examination of the many boundaries that divide individuals, families, religious communities, political persuasions and national identities. The setting is the Golan Heights played out against the backdrop of the northern border between Israel and Syria. A community of Druze Moslems have a wedding to celebrate, the bride on the Israeli side, the groom on the Syrian side.
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Great story. This drama is lightened with touches of humor; it's not too heavy or too light. It is very real and humane, and the characters are likable and engaging.
