Wedding in Galilee

Wedding in Galilee
Directed by	Michel Khleifi
Written by	Michel Khleifi
Produced by	Michel Khleifi, Bernard Lorain, Jacqueline Louis
Edited by	Marie Castro-Vasquez
Music by	Jean-Marie Sénia
Release date	1987 (1987)
Running time	100 minutes (Israel) 113 minutes (U.S.)
Countries	France, Belgium
Languages	Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish

Wedding in Galilee (also known as Arabic عرس الجليل, transliteration Urs al-Jalil) is a 1987 film directed by Michel Khleifi. It was awarded the International Critics Prize at Cannes in 1987.

Synopsis

The film takes place in a Galilean Palestinian village ruled by an Israeli military governor, following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. At the start of the film the village is under a curfew. The village mayor, muktar, wants to celebrate his son's wedding with the traditional elaborate ceremony despite the curfew. The Israeli military governor initially refuses, but finally allows the wedding to take place on the condition that he and his staff are invited.

Cast

• Mohamad Ali El Akili - Mukhtar
• Bushra Karaman - Mother
• Makram Khoury - The governor
• Yussuf Abu-Warda - Bacem (as Youssef Abou Warda)
• Anna Achdian- Bride
• Nazih Akleh - Groom
• Sonia Amar - Soumaya
• Eyad Anis - Hassan
• Waël Barghouti - Ziad
• Juliano Mer - Officer
• Ian Chemi - Officer 2
• Tali Dorat - Soldier
• Ali Al Akili

Awards

• International Critics Prize, Cannes 1987
• Golden Shell at San Sebastián International Film Festival, 1987
• André Cavens Award by the Belgian Film Critics Association, 1987
• Tanit d'or at Carthage Film Festival, 1988
• Joseph Plateau Awards 1988

External links

• Wedding in Galilee at IMDb

Further reading

• Gertz, Nurith; Khleifi, George (2008): Palestinian Cinema: Landscape, Trauma, and Memory, Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-22007-6. With:
  • Wedding in Galilee, p. 88–93,