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Rana's Wedding
Hany
Abu-Assad
Shooting
on location in East Jerusalem, Ramallah and at
checkpoints in-between, Palestinian director Hany
Abu-Assad (Ford Transit) sees the Palestinian-Israeli
conflict through the eyes of a young woman who,
with only ten hours to marry, must negotiate her
way around roadblocks, soldiers, stonethrowers,
overworked officials ... and into the heart of
an elusive lover.
This
timely feature that explores love among the ruins
of an occupied territory was presented with the
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival's
2003 Nestor Almendros Prize for courage in filmmaking.
According
to Abu-Assad, "when the abnormalities of
barriers and occupation become an everyday reality,
normal things like love and marriage turn into
fiction. This is life in Palestine right now.
I wanted to challenge it through cinema."
Winner
of the Best Actress award at the 2002 Marrakesh
International Film Festival (for Clara Khoury's
affecting performance), Rana's Wedding premiered
during the 2002 International Critic's Week at
Cannes and has been a festival favorite in Palm
Springs, Montreal, Rio de Janeiro, Cairo and London.
Reviews
"Fascinating.
It gives a more complete visual picture...than
we ever see on the news."
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Among
the finest films made in the Middle East."
- Phil Hall, Film Threat
Related Links
Rana's
Wedding official website
"Paradise Now" - feature film by the same director
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Film
Specs
Classification:
Documentary
Directed by: Hany
Abu-Assad
Release date: 2002
Length: 90 minutes
Language: Arabic, English subtitles
Awards
Nestor
Almendros Prize, 2003
Human Rights Watch
Best
Actress, 2002
Marrakesh International Film Festival
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