Sufat Chol
Directed by:
Elite ZexerScreenplay:
Elite ZexerCinematography:
Shai PelegComposer:
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A wedding in a Bedouin village in the desert of southern Israel. Woman and men celebrate and dance separately whilst the bride sits alone at the edge of the exuberant gathering. Hostess Jalila is also overwhelmed and covers up her emotions. It is the wedding of her husband Sulimann; he is taking a younger woman as his second wife. On top of that, her oldest daughter, the self-confident Layla, is also causing her concern: she has fallen for a boy at her university. Aware that her husband will not allow this relationship, Jalila forbids Layla from seeing the boy again. But when Sulimann reacts even more harshly, she takes up her daughter's cause. (Berlinale)
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51st KVIFF – you can find a similar topic in every other film from the Arabian world, and it always works: the rebellion of a young woman against the strict patriarchal order that will either end up well or not. Last year it was Mustang, this year is Sand Storm. This one is less artsy and less tense, but at the same time, more realistic. A nice 8/10.
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