The Syrian Bride

Nov 11, 2004

1h 37m

★ 6.7

Overview

In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the Revolution Studios in Damascus, Syria. They have never met each other because of the occupation of the area by Israel since 1967; when Mona moves to Syria, she will lose her undefined nationality and will never be allowed to return home. Mona's father Hammed is a political activist pro-Syria that is on probation by the Israeli government. His older son Hatten married a Russian woman eight years ago and was banished from Majdal Shams by the religious leaders and his father. His brother Marwan is a wolf trader that lives in Italy. His sister Amal has two teenager daughters and has the intention to join the university, but her marriage with Amin is in crisis. When the family gathers for Mona's wedding, an insane bureaucracy jeopardizes the ceremony.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

France Cinéma Productions

Neue Impuls Film

MACT Productions

Eran Riklis Productions

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Cast

Amal

Hiam Abbass

Hammed

Makram J. Khoury

Mona

Clara Khoury

Evelyna

Evelyn Kaplun

Simon

Uri Gavriel

Arik

Alon Dahan

Jeanne

Julie-Anne Roth

Amin

Adnan Tarabshi

Marwan

Ashraf Barhom

The Mother

Marlene Bajali

Tallel

Dirar Suleiman

Rama

Hanna Abou-Manneh

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The Syrian Bride

Overview

Genres

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