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  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary Tunis, 1942. Nour and Myriam, 16, have been friends since childhood. They share the same house in a modest neighborhood where Jews and Muslims live in harmony. Each one secretly desires the other girl's life: while Nour regrets that she doesn't go to school like her friend, Myriam dreams of love. She is envious of Nour's engagement to he...

Directed By: Karin Albou

Written By: Karin Albou

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 40 m

The Wedding Song

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Tunis, 1942. Nour and Myriam, 16, have been friends since childhood. They share the same house in a modest neighborhood where Jews and Muslims live in harmony. Each one secretly desires the other girl's life: while Nour regrets that she doesn't go to school like her friend, Myriam dreams of love. She is envious of Nour's engagement to he...

Directed By: Karin Albou

Written By: Karin Albou

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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33% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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Exquisite yet harrowing.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
75
A lumpy admixture of politics and carnality, but when it all comes together, it has a lingering force.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
75
The performances by neophite actresses Olympe Borval and Lizzie Brochere make the film special.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
The movie's distinction, however, lies in two lovely performances, and in the passion and pain of parallel lives--both girls suffering at the hands of men, both struggling to understand the brutality of the world they must share.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
70
A seductively fluid and tactile drama from the writer and director Karin Albou, explores love and identity through the prism of the female body and the rights of its owner.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
58
It takes more than just the ominous tread of Nazi boots to infuse gravitas into this well-intentioned but dreary look at the female mind and body during wartime.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
50
Though lovely to look at, The Wedding Song is a little overwhelmed by its relentlessly hyper-poetic imagery.
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Production Company Gloria Films, France 3 Cinéma, Canal+, CinéCinéma, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Angoa-Agicoa
Release Date Oct 23, 2009
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Palm Springs International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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