The Syrian Bride Page #3

Synopsis: In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the Revolution Studios in Damascus, Syria. They have never met each other because of the occupation of the area by Israel since 1967; when Mona moves to Syria, she will lose her undefined nationality and will never be allowed to return home. Mona's father Hammed is a political activist pro-Syria that is on probation by the Israeli government. His older son Hatten married a Russian woman eight years ago and was banished from Majdal Shams by the religious leaders and his father. His brother Marwan is a wolf trader that lives in Italy. His sister Amal has two teenager daughters and has the intention to join the university, but her marriage with Amin is in crisis. When the family gathers for Mona's wedding, an insane bureaucracy jeopardizes the ceremony.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Eran Riklis
Production: Koch Lorber Films
  8 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
Year:
2004
97 min
73 Views


It won't be

like your previous marriage.

It's different this time.

What makes you so sure?

Life with him could turn out

to be a lot worse than my life now.

Perhaps I'm going from one jail

to another one.

Stop it.

You'll have a much better life there.

And what if we don't get along?

I won't be able to come back here.

Stop being so pessimistic!

Stop it!

I'm marrying someone

I only know from television.

At least you knew Amin

before you married him.

Knew him?

I saw him once

when he came to fix our roof!

A week later we were engaged...

A month later married...

And then I was pregnant.

You're not happy.

You were never happy with Amin.

How can I leave you here?

Wow, what a mess.

Do me a favor,

take your suitcases and get out.

What do you mean "get out"? My house

is on the other side of the village!

I don't want these Arabs

to throw stones at my cab.

Mom, who are those people?

Come on, get out already!

We have to get out.

Hold it, hold it...

Did you get me the whiskey?

I swear I was delayed at the airport.

They gave me hell.

Why don't you believe me?

Calm down, relax. Don't get upset.

I promise I'll meet you

with the money in 2 hours, OK?

Bye. A**hole.

Hattem!

Marwan?

It's my brother!

Marwan!

Come on, get in!

Amal!

Mother!

Marwan?

Welcome home, son.

I have a surprise.

Amal?

Hattem!

Darling! Darling!

Meet Evelina, my wife.

Congrations.

And this is our son Hammed.

God bless you, son.

Hattem!

- You look stunning!

- My turn now!

Majdal hasn't seen

such a demonstration for years!

Bashar's speech was very good.

He's Assad (lion) son of Assad.

- Welcome home, son.

- Father...

God bless you, Father.

How are you?

Don't you want to welcome your son?

Come in.

It's been 8 years,

and he still won't talk to me.

I thought he would soften up

over the years.

Maybe you were right.

We shouldn't have come here.

How long can one hide?

Enough!

I'll try to convince Dad.

He'll agree in the end.

Mom agrees, Dad is the problem.

You have to be patient.

I have no problem waiting,

but are you sure you'll convince him?

Who was it? He must have seen us!

Byan, clean out the blood before it

dries. Slaughter the remaining sheep.

No need to slaughter more.

You want people to say

my father-in-law feeds his guests

like he was fed in the Israeli prison?

No way!

- Is everything all right?

- Yes.

- Forget anything?

- No.

Abu-Salim, we need three more tables.

- Where from?

- The neighbors.

Where's Marwan?

Where did that monkey go?

Hello, Salach.

Hammed!

Doesn't Hattem's son look

just like his Aunt Mona?

No, he looks like the Russian...

Want to marry

an Israeli collaborator?

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