Wedding in Galilee

6.2
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Run time: 112 min
  • Premiere: 1987. December 1.

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?

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Camera

Walther van den Ende

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Anne Verhoeven

Costume Design

Directing

Michel Khleifi

Director

Editing

Production

Michel Khleifi

Producer

Bernard Lorain

Producer

Sound

Jean-Marie Sénia

Original Music Composer

Writing

Michel Khleifi

Screenplay