Wedding in Galilee

Belgium

• 1987-12-01(DE)
• ▪

  Drama,

  Romance
• ▪ 1h-52m

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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?

• Michel KhleifiDirector

  Walther van den EndeDirector of Photography

  Jean-Marie SéniaOriginal Music Composer

  Jacqueline LouisProducer

  Anne VerhoevenCostume Design

  Michel KhleifiProducer