Reluctant Wedding (2001)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Reluctant wedding |
| Original title | Hatuna Meuheret |
| Country of production |
Israel , France |
| original language |
Hebrew , Judaeo-Georgian |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Dover Kosashvili |
| script | Dover Kosashvili |
| production |
Marek Rozenbaum , Edgard Tenenbaum |
| music | Josef Bardanashvili |
| camera | Daniel Schneor |
| cut | Yael Perlov |
| occupation | |
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Reluctant wedding (Original: Hebrew חתונה מאוחרת, Hatunah Meuheret ) is a 2001 Israeli drama film directed by Dover Kosashvili . The film focuses on a Georgian immigrant son and his family trying to arrange a traditional marriage for him. The film was Israel's entry in the Best International Film category for the 2002 Academy Awards .
action
Zaza is an unmarried 31-year-old Georgian-Israeli philosophy doctoral student at Tel Aviv University . His family tries to arrange a marriage for him within the Georgian community. At the beginning of the film, Zaza and his parents (Yasha and Lili) visit the family of a possible bride. After Zaza drove his parents to their house on the way back in his car and dropped them off there, he drives to his secret lover and spends the night there. Judith is a 34-year-old Moroccan- Israeli divorced mother with a young daughter (Madona).
In the meantime, Zaza's parents discover that they left their house keys in his car. They try in vain to call him at home and finally spend the night with their relatives Simon and Margalit. Yasha knows about the relationship and assumes that Zaza spent the night with Judith. He rejects the relationship because Judith is older than Zara. She is also divorced and has one child.
The parents and a number of relatives observe Judith's house and visit the couple in the apartment. They try to end the relationship first through polite persuasion, later through humiliation and threats of violence. Finally, Zaza declares the relationship over and leaves the apartment with his family. A little later he returns and tries to save the relationship. Judith tells him, however, that she doesn't want to see him again. Later in his apartment, Zaza has another argument with his parents.
Some time later, Zaza's parents return to Judith's home. Lili gives Madona a teddy bear as a peace offer. While Yasha stays in the car, Lili goes into the apartment with Judith and the two talk to each other. Judith eventually admits that Zaza begged her to marry him. However, she refused because she realized that he loved his family more than she did and that the relationship was bad for everyone involved. Back in the car, Yasha asks Lili if she would now accept Judith as Zaza's wife. Lili replies that one should wait and see whether Zaza can get over her.
Zaza eventually marries a woman who is comfortable with the family. At the wedding party, the drunk Zaza goes on stage and explains that besides his wife, he has another wife who is even more beautiful. He asks Simon to come on stage to confirm this. Simon then says that the second woman is Zaza's mother.
criticism
“First film conceived as a tragic comedy, whose restrained staging with smooth genre transitions causes irritation. The thought-provoking film refrains from any superficial black and white drawing and weighs the value of traditions against the freedoms of self-determined modernity. "
Awards (selection)
The film won the 2001 Ophir Award in eleven categories , including Best Actress , Best Actor, and Best Picture . There were also awards and nominations at various film festivals.
Web links
- Wedding against his will in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wedding Reluctant at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Wedding against our will. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 31, 2019 .