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Release Date:
November 11, 2004
Original Title:
הכלה הסורית
Alternate Titles:
Ha-Kala Ha-Surit
La fiancée syrienne
La novia siria
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Eran Riklis Productions
France Cinéma Productions
MACT Productions
Neue Impuls Film
Production Countries:
France | Germany | Israel
Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12
Runtime: 97
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.
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Casting:
Yael Aviv
Costume Design:
Inbal Shuki
Director:
Eran Riklis
Director of Photography:
Michael Wiesweg
Editor:
Tova Ascher
Original Music Composer:
Cyril Morin
Producer:
Michael André
Bettina Brokemper
Rémi Burah
Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre
Michael Eckelt
Eran Riklis
Production Design:
Avi Fahima
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
François Groult
Writer:
Eran Riklis
Suha Arraf
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