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Synopsis: High off the success of her first book and planning to marry ZIAD, her sensible, stable and studious fiance, MAY BRENNAN has it all. At least that's what she'd like people to believe. Reunited with her family in Amman, she's thrust back into the chaos of her former existence. Her headstrong mother NADINE, a born-again Christian disapproves of her Muslim fiance so thoroughly she plans to boycott the wedding. Her younger sisters DALIA and YASMINE behave like her children. And her estranged father EDWARD is suddenly and suspiciously interested in making amends. As her wedding day looms, May finds herself more and more confronted by the trauma of her parents divorce. And soon, her once carefully structured life spins hopelessly out of control.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Cherien Dabis
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
56
R
Year:
2013
99 min
42 Views


- I love it, yeah.

You're here to get married

or something like that?

How'd you do that?

Oh, Amman's

not that big, you know.

There you are!

We're gonna go, um, get the car.

That is my sister.

So you're not

that lost after all.

I got something

I wanna give you, okay?

This is not for you so don't

take it the wrong way.

This is for your wedding guests.

In case they felt adventurous.

You do tours?

Yup, like hiking,

scuba diving and...

four-wheeling in

the desert.

- Cool.

- Yeah.

Have some water when

you get home.

Okay?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

Bye-bye! May'

- Bye.

- Bye.

- Hey.

- Where have you been?

Falafel place.

Had enough fun in there?

Can I have some.

Yeah.

Whoa, big bite.

Oh, wow, you're pretty drunk.

- No, I'm not.

- Yeah, you are.

No, I'm not.

What are you

doing up?

- I couldn't sleep.

- Me neither.

I thought you'd be sleeping in.

No such luck.

1J1 a

What?

Oh, nothing, it's silly.

What for?

I'm supposed to untie it.

But it's impossible.

You know Aunt Hanan

with her crazy ideas.

It kind of binds

it altogether, it's like a theme.

Binds it altogether.

It's really

essential to have a theme.

Why did she come with us?

I didn't tell her we

were going dress shopping.

Yasmine?

She has to be here,

May, she's gotta get used to it.

Let's keep in mind, I'm

looking for a nice pant suit.

You can drop

the pant suit, please.

That sounds wrong.

There's no getting used to it.

She's praying we break up.

No.

This morning, I caught

her untying this huge knot.

I swear to God, it's some kind

of freaky breakup voodoo.

When are we planning

your bachelorette party.

How about... never.

How about, that's not an option.

How about no scavenger hunts

or stripper telegrams.

Do they have strippers here?

Let's not find out.

May, was it a knotted rope?

Yeah... why?

What if we

take you to Hammam.

- Or we could go to the Dead Sea, huh?

- That sounds nice.

They say that if you untie two

pieces of knotted rope,

you're trying to break

the bond between two people.

Who says that?

I don't remember,

but it's some kind of spell.

She's got too much time

on her hands.

Do you think she'd

ever consider getting remarried?

- No.

- No.

Do you

think May would like this?

Are you kidding, that's trashy.

- I don't think so.

- No, it's too sexual.

What are you guys

whispering about?

- Nothing.

- Nothing.

No secrets.

I'm the bride,

you have to tell me everything.

. Okay-

Mom, you ever think

about getting remarried?

Why, I'm already married.

- Please don't say to God.

- Why not?

- Oh, Jesus.

- Him too.

And don't you poke fun

just because you have no faith.

Who says I don't have any faith.

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Cherien Dabis

Cherien Dabis (born 1976) (Arabic: شيرين دعيبس‎) is a Palestinian-American director, producer, and screenwriter. She was named one of Variety magazine's 10 Directors to Watch in 2009. more…

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