The Syrian Bride

Koch Lorber Films | Release Date: November 16, 2005

7.9	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Ratings

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BenK.Jan 30, 2006

A flim that exists at the intersection of family dynamics and governmental meddling. Mona, the title character, is an Israeli citizen from the Golan Heights who is due to marry a Syrian television star, whom she has never met, in Damascus. A flim that exists at the intersection of family dynamics and governmental meddling. Mona, the title character, is an Israeli citizen from the Golan Heights who is due to marry a Syrian television star, whom she has never met, in Damascus. Because Syria and Israel do not have diplomatic relations once she marries she will not be allowed back into Israel. So on top of the apprehension of marrying a person you've never met is the reality of ones life being altered, both as a married person and as an exile. (In reality they may be the same thing.) The film is much more vibrant than my dour description of it. It's an entertaining and illumnitating film from a region that is producing some excellent movies.… Expand

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HannC.Jan 23, 2006

knowing the Jewish director, cameraman plus Palestinian screenplay, and majorly Arab casts, you will know it's not that hard to work and live together... although the plots are evolved with tiny fragments of lives we took it for knowing the Jewish director, cameraman plus Palestinian screenplay, and majorly Arab casts, you will know it's not that hard to work and live together... although the plots are evolved with tiny fragments of lives we took it for granted, andyet, the message has been heard----no matter which side are you in, those people's life and lives and a part of it !!!! Thanks to Hiam Abbass's perfect portrait of a tough and mediating central role, though it not her peak yet, consider two other nearly perfect performance in "Sating Rouge"(by Raja Amari, 2002) and "Nadia et Sarra"(by Moufida Tlatli,2004 ) on her belt, you will know the drill.… Expand

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nutterjrDec 12, 2010

Not much of a political statement and not much of a drama either. I did not connect to the main characters and after a while all I wanted to do was fast forward to the end. Solid performances by the whole cast did not save the film from mediocracy.

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