{"product_id":"the-syrian-bride","title":"The Syrian Bride","description":"Product Description\n\nMona’s wedding day is the saddest day of her life. She knows that once she crosses the border between Israel and Syria to get married, she will never be allowed back to her beloved family in the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel since 1967. Once you cross the border there is no way back and at the end of a long day, the family, the government and military officials and all those gathered on both sides of the border find themselves facing an uncertain future, trapped in No-Man’s land between Israel and Syria.\nAwards:\nWinner 2004 Montreal World Film Festival; FIPRESCI Prize\nWinner 2004 Montreal World Film Festival; Grand Prix des Amériques\nWinner 2004 Montreal World Film Festival; People’s Choice Award\nWinner 2004 Montreal World Film Festival; Prize of the Ecumenical Jury\nWinner 2004 Locarno International Film Festival; Audience Award\nWinner 2004 Flanders International Film Festival; Audience Award\nWinner 2004 Flanders International Film Festival; Best Screenplay\n\nAmazon.com\n\nA statement about borders--and the absurdity of bureaucracy--The Syrian Bride strides sucessfully between tragedy and comedy. Mona (olive-eyed Clara Khoury, Rana's Wedding) is the bride. She lives in Majdal Shams, a Druze village in the Israel-occupied Golan Heights. According to the opening title, \"Druze loyalty is split between Syria and Israel.\" Tallel (Derar Sliman), her husband-to-be, resides in Damascus. She has never met him--though she has seen him on TV (he's a soap star). Once Mona crosses into Syria, she won't be allowed to return. Hence her wedding day begins on a somber note. Mona’s family has problems of its own. Political dissident father Hammed (Makram J. Khoury, Clara's real-life paterfamilias) has recently been released from jail, and it looks as if he may be sent back again (for defying parole). Older sister Amal (Paradise Now’s Hiam Abbass, who steals the show with her slow-burning intensity) is experiencing her own marital strife, while her daughter is seeing a pro-Israeli Druze. As for Mona’s brothers, Hammed refuses to speak to Hattem (Eyad Sheety), who moved to Russia eight years ago and has returned for the wedding, non-Muslim wife and son in tow. And just in from shady business dealing in Italy is Marwan (Ashraf Barhom), the family screw-up, i.e. a gap-toothed charmer devoid of scruples. Directed by Israel's Eran Riklis (Borders ) and co-written by Suha Arraf, a Palestinian-Israeli, The Syrian Bride takes an occasionally schematic, if admirably even-handed look at ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances. --Kathleen C. Fennessy\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000EHQ7JC\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B000EHQ7JC.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Eran Riklis|Hiam Abbass|Ashraf Barhom|Suha Arraf|Clara Khoury|Eyad Sheety|Makram Khoury|Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41720474566714,"sku":"DBV.B000EHQ7JC.A","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B000EHQ7JC-0.jpg?v=1791087235","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-syrian-bride","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}