The Syrian bride
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Syrian bride |
| Original title | Ha-Kala Ha-Surit |
| Country of production |
France Germany Israel |
| original language |
Arabic Hebrew |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Eran Riklis |
| script |
Suha Arraf Eran Riklis |
| production |
Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre Bettina Brokemper Michael Eckelt Eran Riklis |
| music | Cyril Morin |
| camera | Michael Wiesweg |
| cut | Tova Asher |
| occupation | |
| |
The Syrian Bride ( Hebrew הכלה הסורית, English film title The Syrian Bride ) is a film by the Israeli director Eran Riklis .
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Mona from Majdal Shams, a Druze village in the part of the Golan Heights annexed by Israel , is supposed to marry the Syrian TV star Tallel from Damascus . The groom, whom she knows only from television, was for her by her family picked . In order to be able to marry, she has to leave her family forever, because once she has crossed the border into Syria, Mona will never be able to return to her homeland, as Israel and Syria are enemies. Mona has no nationality (nationality indefinite) and would become Syrian by crossing the border. For Mona, the marriage means not only the final farewell to her family, which is obviously difficult for her, but also a release from their traditional constraints. On the wedding day, the bride, accompanied by the whole family, makes her way to the border with mixed feelings. But here the wedding that had been planned for months suddenly seems to fail due to the unexpected bureaucratic hurdles of the Israeli and Syrian border officials. A UN employee mediates.
criticism
“The Syrian Bride is a thoughtful, sad and at the same time hilarious film about the absurdities that great politics creates and which have very immediate and practical effects on the lives of 'ordinary people', a powerful parable on the Middle East conflict in which the only dignified thing is the stoic composure and devotion to fate of the young bride. Worth seeing!"
"The Syrian Bride is a political film that deals with the effects of intergovernmental decisions on the private life of the people concerned and criticizes them in an unspectacular but very effective way."
“… Does not gloss over either side, rather paints a very realistic picture of very surreal conditions. In which [...] the men defiantly insist on their positions, while the women dare to make gentle, small changes. Seen in this way, "The Syrian Bride" is also an emancipation film, with border crossings in the real as well as in the figurative sense. A moving work that has a clear political message and yet doesn't carry it around like the demonstrators in the film. "
“It is a modern social panorama of Balzacian proportions that Riklis tears open - and that, in addition to all the oppression, never loses its wit. In the end, everything runs towards the border that Mona has to cross, and how Israeli and Syrian officials fight a bureaucratic duel there ... "
“The cleverly composed tragic comedy illustrates the arbitrariness of politics through individual fate. In doing so, she makes visible the rifts and borders that separate not only peoples, but also families, and which can apparently only be overcome through personal courage. "
Awards
The film won the audience awards at the Locarno film festival in 2004 and the World Film Festival in Montréal in 2004, as well as the prize of the jury at the 2004 Bastia film festival .
The film was also honored with seven nominations for the Israeli film prize Ophir Award . ( Best Director , Best Actor , Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Costume Design)
He also received two nominations for the European Film Awards 2005 , namely once for the best film music by Cyril Morin and for Hiam Abbass the Jameson Audience Award for Best Actress .
Web links
- The Syrian Bride in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Syrian bride in the German dubbing file
- Film review at Spiegel Online
- Interview with the director
Individual evidence
- ↑ Criticism on critic.de
- ^ Criticism in the Berliner Morgenpost
- ↑ The Syrian Bride. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .