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Writer:
Dover Koshashvili (writer)
Release Date:
24 October 2001 (France) more
Tagline:
Sometimes, love doesn't conquer all.
Plot:
Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married... more | add synopsis
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18 wins & 7 nominations more
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Interesting, but flawed more (41 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lior Ashkenazi | ... | Zaza (as Lior Louie Ashkenazi) | |
| Ronit Elkabetz | ... | Judith | |
| Moni Moshonov | ... | Yasha | |
| Lili Koshashvili | ... | Lili | |
| Aya Steinovitz | ... | Ilana | |
| Rosina Kambus | ... | Magouly (as Rozina Cambus) | |
| Simon Chen | ... | Simon | |
| Sapir Kugman | ... | Madona | |
| Dina Doron | ... | Luba | |
| Leonid Kanevsky | ... | Otary | |
| Libia Hakmon | ... | Margalita (as Libia Hakmon-Ayali) | |
| Eli Turi | ... | Bessik | |
| Maria Ovanov | ... | Lali | |
| Orit Buchnik Sher | |||
| Rivka Gur |
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Also Known As:
Late Marriage (International: English title)
Mariage tardif (France)
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102 min | Canada:98 min (DVD)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Argentina:13 | Brazil:18 | France:U | Hong Kong:III | Netherlands:AL | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Canada:R | Australia:MA (cable rating)
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This film opened last night in Los Angeles, and seemed to draw a pretty good crowd -- I assume they'd all heard the same positive buzz I'd heard...
Interesting look at a very old fashioned culture (Georgians who emigrated to Israel), and the demands they make on a grown son. From an American perspective, the parents' objections to the son's choice in girlfriend (or potential wife) seem trivial: she's slightly older, and divorced.
But here are my issues with the film: The character Zaza is a very weak-willed man who bends too easily to his parents' demands. Now, it's interesting to see someone who's not a traditional Hollywood "strong" hero -- but it was hard to be sympathetic with this guy, since he didn't really seem to disagree with his parents. There's a pretty long sex scene(which has been justifiably lauded as much more realistic than anything you'll see in a Hollywood film), but later in the film, he treats his girlfriend pretty badly. There's a pivotal scene in which he sides with his parents vs. the girlfriend, and I just lost all respect for the character at that point.
Also, the movie drags on a bit...Could have benefited from quite a bit of editing. Couple other criticisms: Characters are introduced, but it's not clear who they are, or how they are related (maybe it loses something in the subtitles). More importantly, I read a review in a newspaper here that said a key plot point was the different ethnic backgrounds of Zaza and his girlfriend: But that did not come across at all! Maybe in Israel that is a big deal, and if so, that should have been made clear to American audiences, as well. Again, I suspect something got left out in the subtitle translations...
Still, it's interesting to see an Israeli film, and maybe this director will have something better up his sleeve next time...