Rana's Wedding dvd movie.|
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List Price: $34.99 Our Price: $34.99 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • Subtitled • NTSC In Theaters : 2002 DVD Release : 01 December, 2004 |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Back road travelogue . . . |
| For a young Palestinian woman in Jerusalem, getting married requires taking some back roads and back streets, given the checkpoints that block passage of traffic almost everywhere. Viewers of this film get the experience of life lived under a state of occupation and political tensions. Adding to the drama is the deadline imposed by the young woman's father, who is leaving for Egypt at 4pm and has given her the choice of going with him or marrying a man of his choosing. The third option - her own - is marriage to a man she really loves, and she has 12 hours to find him and get the agreement of her reluctant father.
As we follow her, we see Jerusalem as it is for those who live there, trying to just get done the things that daily life requires. The film's attitude toward the government and the military who prevent that from happening easily is evident at almost every turn, ranging from the bride-to-be's annoyance to pangs of fear as she watches a house being destroyed and a family displaced by security forces. At another time, she comes upon a funeral cortege. But the film is determined to end happily, no matter what, and viewers are left with a picture of a world that is often missed by the cameras of the news networks. |
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