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The Syrian Bride

Year:

2004

Duration:

97 min | Israel:96 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.5

Director:

Eran Riklis

Awards:

8 wins & 15 nominations

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 2004-12-02

Filming Locations: Galilee, Israel

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $7,235 (USA) (20 November 2005)

Gross: $375,574 (USA) (25 June 2006)

Cast

Actor

Character

Ashraf Barhom

Hiam Abbass

Amal (as Hiyam Abbass)

Makram Khoury

Hammed (as Makram J. Khoury)

Clara Khoury

Mona

Ali Suliman

Syrian Officer 2

Evelyn Kaplun

Evelyna (as Evelyne Kaplun)

Julie-Anne Roth

Jeanne

Adnan Tarabshi

Amin (as Adnan Trabshi)

Marlene Bajali

The Mother (as Marlene Bajjali)

Uri Gavriel

Simon (as Uri Gabriel)

Alon Dahan

Arik

Robert Henig

Joseph (as Robert Hoenig)

Dirar Suleiman

Tallel

Ranin Boulos

Mai

Hanna Abou-Manneh

Rama

Norman Issa

The Syrian Officer

Lutuf Nouasser

The Senior Elder

Maisra Masri

Fahdi

Imad Jabarin

George (as Imad Jabrin)

Ali Sliman

Syrian Officer 2

Lana Ettinger

Border policewoman

Didi Gat

Taxi driver

Abeer Hadad

TV producer

Jamil Khoury

Soldier

Tarik Kopty

Uncle 1

Melanie Peres

Liv

Adel Abou Raya

Uncle 2

Eyad Sheety

Hattem

Valentin Solomeno

Hammad Jr

Did you know?

Trivia

Makram Khoury and Clara Khoury are father and daughter in the film as well as in real life.

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The movie joke about gap-toothed men being seductive to women was an in-joke by the co-scriptwriter Suha Arraf, toward Mr. Riklis, who is himself gap-toothed. She also included many of her own experiences as an intelligent independent Arab woman living in Israel.

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Filming was done in two different Druze villages, one pro-Syrian and one pro-Israeli, depending on the political tilt of the scenes. Also, since Israeli authorities would not give permission to film at the actual border, a mock-up was built some distance away.

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Goofs

The UN agent says on July 17th 2000 that it's a Thursday. That date was a Monday.

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Mona's father says he has raised her for 25 years. However, she states her birth date as November 30th 1976 and the movie is set on July 17th 2000. That would make her only 23 years old.

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