Rana's Wedding
Length: 01:30 Type of program: World Cinema
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad (Academy Award®-nominated Paradise Now) Palestine, 90 minutes
Director Hany Abu-Assad depicts the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the heart-wrenching experience of a young Palestinian woman, Rana, who wakes up one morning to an ultimatum: she must select a husband from a list of eligible men dictated by her father, or she must leave the country with him that very day.
Rana has ten hours to locate her militant boyfriend who is hiding in Jerusalem, and marry him. Opting to take control of her own life, she risks roadblocks, soldiers, and stone-throwers to find and marry her beloved Khalil.
As we watch Rana’s struggle over the course of 10 hours, we are invited to reflect on her day-to-day reality as she upholds her spirit and dignity with grace, humor and sheer will.
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CINEMONDO
This film is part of Link TV’s new world cinema series Cinemondo, premiering entertaining and award-winning foreign films from some of the world’s most talented directors. For a full list of films, click here.
Following the broadcast of Rana’s Wedding, Link TV will air two short films:
West Bank Story (2005, 20 Minutes)
Directed by Ari Sandel
A musical comedy set in the fast-paced, fast-food world of competing fast-food restaurants in the West Bank. David, an Israeli soldier, falls in love with the beautiful Palestinian cashier, Fatima, despite the animosity between their families' dueling businesses. Can the couple's love withstand a 2000 year old conflict and their families' desire to control the future of the chic pea in the Middle East?
- An official selection of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival
Anguish (France, 1999, 6 minutes)
A dance short about the anguish of air travel.
