Wedding in Galilee

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?

• Michel KhleifiDirector
• Jean-Marie SéniaOriginal Music Composer
• Michel KhleifiScreenplay

• Mohamad Ali El AkiliMukhtar
• Bushra KaramanMother
• Makram J. KhouryThe governor
• Yussuf Abu-WardaBacem
• Anna CondoBride
• Nazih AklehGroom
• Sonia AmarSoumaya
• Eyad AnisHassan
• Waël BarghoutiZiad
• Juliano Mer-KhamisCast
• Ian ChemiOfficer 2
• Tali DoratSoldier