Le chant des mariées The wedding song / Laurent Lavolé et Isabelle Pragier présentent ; une production de Gloria Films ; en coproduction avec France 3 Cinéma ; un film de Karin Albou ; une film écrit et réalisé par Karin Albou ; produit par Laurent Lavolé et Isabelle Pragier ; avec la participation de Cinecinema, Canal+.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DVD-0958

Overview

Summary: 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.
Variant Title: Wedding song
Format: Video
Published: [Culver City, CA] : Strand Releasing, [2010]
Locale: Tunisia
Tunis
Other Authors/Editors: Albou, Karin.
Lavolé, Laurent.
Pragier, Isabelle.
Brocheré, Lizzie.
Borval, Olympe.
Oudghiri, Najib.
Abkarian, Simon.
Chanfrault, François-Eudes.
Gloria Films.
France 3 cinéma (Firm)
Studio Canal+.
Cinécinéma (Firm)
Strand Releasing (Firm)
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.

Special features: Original theatrical trailer; other Strand Releasing trailers.

Cinematography, Laurent Brunet ; editor, Camille Cotte ; music, François-Eudes Chanfrault.

Lizzie Brocheré, Olympe Borval, Najib Oudghiri, Simon Abkarian, Karin Albou.

Not rated; contains mature subject matter.

DVD, NTSC; widescreen presentation; Dolby DTS surround.

In French and Arabic dialogue with English subtitles.

Subjects: Teenage girls--Tunisia--Tunis--Drama. Betrothal--Tunisia--Tunis--Drama. Female friendship--Tunisia--Tunis--Drama. Muslim teenagers--Tunisia--Tunis--Drama. Jews, French--Tunisia--Tunis--Drama. World War, 1939-1945--Children--Drama. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Tunisia--Drama. Friendship in adolescence--Tunisia--Drama. Coming-of-age films. Melodramas (Motion pictures) Fiction films. Feature films.

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