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César nominee writer/director Karin Albou's bold second feature lifts the lid on a chapter of WWII history that has rarely been shown. Reminiscent of women-led wartime films such as 'Aimée & Jaguar' and 'The Diary of Anne Frank', 'The Wedding Song' explores both Jewish and Arab cultures and female sexuality to winning effect.
Tunis, 1942: Against the Allied bombs and the goosesteps of the Nazi occupiers, two teenage girlfriends, one Muslim, the other Jewish, cling to the bond theyve shared since childhood. However, the world shared by Jews and Arabs is being split by German promises of liberation theyll rid Tunis of the French and the Jews. As Myriam is no longer safe, her mother attempts to marry her off to a wealthy doctor to save them both. But Myriam doesn't want to get married, so she and Nour make efforts to scupper the wedding plans.
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of two best teen girlfriends suffering through WWII in Tunis is rich
with sensual textures; bodies, fabrics, a powerful sense of place.
Albou is one of those directors who uses silence, a look shared, an
extreme close up to communicate what most filmmakers rely on dialogue
to say.
One girl is Jewish, the other Muslim. Both dream of happy marriages in
societies and religious cultures that keep women as objects used by
men, while both religious groups are used as puppets and victims used
by the Nazi occupiers - if in very different ways.
A deceptively complex film, this story of friendship touches on war,
religion, class politics, race, and sexual roles. If I found it a touch
less successful than her last film, it may be because Albou was being so
ambitious, trying to cover so much ground in 100 minutes.
But I'll take that kind of ambition in an artist anytime.
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