Le chant des mariees
The wedding song
DVD - 2009 | French
Two 16-year-old girls have an intense friendship while living in Nazi-occupied Tunis in 1942. Nour is a Muslim who eagerly anticipates her wedding to a handsome cousin. Myriam is a French Jew who is furiously resisting her betrothal to a much older doctor. However, his money is needed by her family to pay fines imposed by the Nazis.
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Publisher:
[Culver City, CA] : Strand Releasing, [2009]
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French DVD
Characteristics:
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
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Wedding song
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Add a CommentA French Jewess and an Arabic Tunisian are friends from childhood but their lives are disrupted when the Nazis occupy Tunisia during WWII. Things become complicated when the Nazis convince the Arabs to take their side in the conflict. People are cajoled into becoming collaborators and Jews are forced into labor camps. And things get murky because of different Islamic interpretations of the goodness of Jews and Christians.
Set in the WWII and Tunisia, the film is about the bonding between a Muslin girl and a Jewish girl, and the oppression of the Jews by the French and the German. The bonus for me is a glimpse into the local culture and customs. The film was well directed and well acted. In French and Arabic with subtitles.