Wedding in Galilee

Wedding in Galilee — Plot

A Palestinian seeks Israeli permission to waive curfew to give his son a fine wedding. The military governor's condition is that he and his officers attend. The groom berates his father for agreeing. Women ritually prepare the bride; men prepare the groom. Guests gather. The Arab youths plot violence. One Israeli officer swoons in the heat and Arab women take her into the cool house. A thoroughbred gets loose and runs to a mined field; soldiers and Arabs must cooperate to rescue it. As darkness falls, tensions between army and villagers rise, and the groom's wedding-night anger and impotence threaten family dignity and honor. Can cool heads prevail?

• Release date
• December 1, 1987
• Runtime
• 112 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Michel Khleifi

Wedding in Galilee — Cast

M

Mohamad Ali El Akili Mukhtar

B

Bushra Karaman Mother Makram J. Khoury The governor Yussuf Abu-Warda Bacem Anna Condo Bride

N

Nazih Akleh Groom

S

Sonia Amar Soumaya

E

Eyad Anis Hassan