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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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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Silly story, poorly written script, mediocre acting. Forget about it! |
| Rana is a 17-year-old Palistinian girl who dresses in slacks and a sweater. Her father tells her she must either quickly choose a husband from a list, or travel to Egypt with him where he will send her to school.
She only has 10 hours to do this. Right way this plot seems silly. Anyway, the father doesn't know that she already has a boyfriend, a theatrical director, who is stuck in the outskirts of the city because of a recent bombing. There are a lot of scenes of the girl trying to find him and panicking as the hours tick away. Finally she finds him where he is sleeping on a stage. She wakes him up and asks him to get married that very day. At first he hesitates but then he gives in. This whole part is very strange because the audience has no idea of what their relationship is like, how they met, or whether they even like each other. The rest of the film consists of all the hurdles they have to go through in order to get married that day. Not only do they have to find a magistrate, they also have to convince the father to accept the groom. I wish I could have felt something for the couple but they don't even seem affectionate. The biggest hurdle of all, however, is the many roadblocks that they have to deal with. Israeli soldiers are everywhere and there are constant inconveniences because of this. Finally, the wedding takes place right out on the street because of all the traffic jams. I know this film was supposed to make a statement about Israeli occupation. However, it was simply a poorly made film. I was bored throughout as many scenes just had the girl walking down the street. There were also extra scenes that didn't relate to the plot. I also never did get a good feel of the Palestinian culture or their wedding rituals. The story was silly. The script poorly written. And the acting bad. O.K. I did get a small view of the terrain. But so what? |
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