Wedding in Galilee

Palestine | 1987 | 1h57 | Fiction This first-ever feature about Palestinians by a Palestinian is a beautiful and haunting tale about a village in the Galilee. The village patriarch wants his son's wedding celebrated traditionally, in violation of the curfew. He makes a compromise with the Israeli military authorities and alienates his fellow villagers. Between young Palestinian hotheads and hair-trigger Israeli commandos stand the women, with their solidarity, sensuality, and strength. Overriding the political tension is the dazzling light and wondrous landscape. A film by Michel Khleifi