Late Marriage

a DOVER KOSASHVILI picture

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Title

Late Marriage

Director

Dover Kosashvili

Producer

Marek Rozenbaum, Edgard Tenenbaum

Nationality

Israel, France

Year

2001

Duration

100'

Language

Hebrew, Georgian

Format

Dolby SR

Ratio

1.66

Original Title

Hatuna Meuheret

Synopsis

Synopsis


Charismatic Zaza is almost 32 and his family wants to see him married. Zaza has kept his love for the sensuous Judith secret because she’s a divorcee with a six-year-old daughter. In a crucial turning point charged with family antics, laughter and tears, Zaza will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

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Press

"Kosashvili juggles the comedy and pathos of the situation adroitly, and his cast are uniformly excellent."

MOVING PICTURES

"Powerful and very bitter comedy."

NEW YORK TIMES

"An accomplished and tremendously engaging debut from Israeli director Dover Kosashvili…with its skilful mix of dry humour and impressively balanced, bittersweet observations, the film makes incisive comment on the malevolent, suffocating aspects of heritage, and the irresistible pull of family loyalty…lively script, an array of touching characters and situations that are fully expoited of their dramatic and comedic potential, this is an honest portrait of family tensions that Hollywood rarely approaches…a hugely enjoyable, affecting tale, and an exceptional piece of world cinema."

BBC

"An intriguing debut…the film doesn’t go in quite the direction you expect…the sprightly romantic comedy we thought we were watching has a serious sting in its tail – it feels as if real life has intruded."

THE INDEPENDENT

"Superbly acted all round, expertly paced and surprisingly graphic in places, this witty, provocative film transcends its specific cultural context to mount a universally relevant exploration of different kinds of love and responsibility."

TIME OUT

Festivals
& Awards

Cannes International Film Festival
Un Certain Regard

Toronto International Film Festival

10 Awards of the Israeli Film Academy
Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress

Bratislava International Film Festivalb

BAFICI
Best Actress FIPRESCI Prize

Jerusalem Film Festival
Best Israeli Feature
Best Director

Thessaloniki Film Festival
Best Actress, Best Screenplay

Tromsø International Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize

Valladolid International Film Festival

Kiev Film Festival
Best First Film

Cast & Crew

Lior Ashkenazi
Ronit Elkabetz
Moni Moshonov
Lili Kosashvili
Director Dover Kosashvili
Scriptwriter Dover Kosashvili
Director Of Photography Dani Schneor
Producers Edgard Tenembaum, Marek Rozenbaum
Executive Producer Udi Yerushalmi
Editor Yael Perlov
Composer Joseph Bardanashvili

Releases

France - Diaphana Distribution

24.10.2001

USA - Magnolia Pictures

28.06.2002

Netherlands - Cinemien

09.01.2003