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Synopsis: Mounir Mekbek lives with his family in a small village in the heart of the Algerian countryside. Very proud and sure of himself, he has only one dream- to finally be appreciated by his fellow villagers. Screwing up his carefully maintained image is his headstrong, narcoleptic sister Rym who falls asleep anywhere and whom the village is convinced will end up a spinster. One evening, Mounir returns from town drunk and announces that he's found a suitor for his sister. The fake story snowballs and snowballs until the suitor morphs into a rich, blonde Australian. The village begins preparing for the wedding in earnest - but without a bridegroom in sight.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Lyès Salem
Production: Haut et Court
  5 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
NOT RATED
Year:
2008
94 min
6 Views


Youre so full of yourself.

Move aside, get out of the way!

She knows shes sick so

why does she bring her?

I cant stand her.

Either she grins like

an idiot or shes asleep.

She wants to meet someone.

In her dreams, maybe.

What she needs is a real brother.

You know Mounir.

You call that a man?

A wimp! Not like my

brother. Hes a Doberman.

With him around, shed

never have fallen ill!

Shed have to get well.

- Why not marry her off?

- You think thats easy? Who to?

The first suitor.

Who wants a family

of handicapped people?

- How do you like my lipstick?

- It was made for you.

- We really are the prettiest.

- Did you ever doubt it?

Calm down, hell explain.

- Come here.

- Leave him alone.

Come here! Speak.

Be gentle.

- Talk or Ill skin you alive!

- They were making fun of her.

- What?

- Be quiet, Amine.

Im fed up! My friends

say I live with a madwoman.

Ranya said no one would marry

her, that shes handicapped.

And that youre a wimp!

You know theyre nasty gossips.

Mounir, pay no attention.

Mounir, forget about it.

Forget it, Mounir.

Bunch of suckers!

Peasants!

Theres going to be

one hell of a wedding.

Next time, the cortege

will leave from my home.

Wake up! Im marrying

off my sister.

To a real gentleman.

His tie alone is worth more

than all of your houses.

You dont believe it, huh?

No problem.

I warned him that would

happen. I told him.

No one will believe me.

Because in my village

theyre a bunch of

backward animals!

Even Rym wont believe her ears.

Hey! I hear you!

I can hear everything you say.

Yes, he knows all about it.

I hid nothing from him.

The doctors, the

treatments, the fits,

the specialists who say

shell never get better!

I gave it to him straight.

And he said to me...

Thats no problem.

Seen my bait? It was in the fridge.

Mums told you a thousand

times to put it somewhere else.

Hello, Dad.

How are you?

Let me put your cap on right.

I heard someones

asked for Ryms hand.

Whats this all about?

What have you done?

Are you crazy? You want to kill me?

Whats this about a marriage?

What marriage?

Amine! Im coming.

Who is this man?

Whats in your head?

Would you stop bombarding

me with questions this early?

You want to marry her by force?

- Let go!

- I wont let go.

Let go!

- You know she doesnt want to.

- Im the man in this house.

I decide if she

gets married. Period!

Too much is too much! The

whole village heard him.

He could have raised the dead!

- He was drunk.

- Thats no excuse.

You cant insult people like that!

Do you know the story?

He met a guy at the Emir Hotel

and promised him his sister.

Who is it?

I only know he stays

at four-star hotels.

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