A pretty but sheltered young woman has just hours to find — and marry — her boyfriend before her frustrated father forces her to choose a husband from his own list of "eligible" bachelors. It might sound like the premise of a hilarious screwball comedy, but Palestinian-born director Hany Abu-Assad uses this potentially comedic situation to express his disgust with the oppressive and often humiliating conditions Arabs of Israeli-occupied territories face each and every day. The film opens early one Tuesday morning as Rana (the lovely Clara Khoury) prepares to leave the safety of her father's spacious home in East Jerusalem in order to track down her boyfrien...
Released:
2002
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins