Late Marriage

2002 ""

Late Marriage

7.1 | 1h42m | NR | en | Drama

Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.

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7.1 | 1h42m | NR | en | Drama , Comedy , Romance | More Info

Released: May. 17,2002 | Released Producted By: ARTE France Cinéma , CNC Country: Israel Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Lior Ashkenazi , Ronit Elkabetz , Moni Moshonov

Director

Avi Fahima

Producted By

ARTE France Cinéma , CNC

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Trailers & Images

Cast

Lior Ashkenazi

as Zaza (as Lior Louie Ashkenazi)

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Ronit Elkabetz

as Judith

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Moni Moshonov

as Yasha

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Reviews

adipocea So ugly was this movie that I really don't know what to start with. It seems to me that I have such different esthetically taste and ethical values to half of the Planet Earth... Do people like this exist? Do you really meet them on the streets, in the cafés, in the markets in Israel? Do they form the vast majority of the city of Tel Aviv? I don't know which critic(one that I really appreciated) defined this film "splendid"... There's nothing splendid about this film, not one frame, not one second..Everything is plain ugly. No, not ugly, repulsive, obnoxious. And the sex scene...Oh, oh, oh... Is defined realistic... I would call completely tasteless, useless(and I am not a shy type, I loved the sex scenes in Lust,caution, for example)

nrstark Okay, the sex scene. Big deal it was realistic. Like the rest of us don't know what goes on? Unless it was to show us that Zaza and Judith's relationship was about physicality and that he didn't love her because that was the extent of his involvement with her. Even then it was too long and I have to say that most Israeli movies I've seen have these unnecessary sex scenes. It's a substitute for a well written script.This sex scene probably wouldn't appear in an American movie because American movies are about making money, which involves entertainment. Mystic River didn't need a brazen sex scene, and I didn't miss it. Did anyone else?

Lol Fow (Lolabel) I went to see this movie having being told it was a comedy, and it is - until it takes an inevitable and disturbing turn. It's tragi-comedy in the purest, old-Greek sense, where the humour and the dread fuel each other. The star of the film is Lior Ashkenazi, a handsome, charismatic actor who plays Zaza as a complex character - in turn sexy and easy to root for, then weak and pitiable. The sex scene the film is famed for isn't particularly sexy, it is, instead horribly intimate - it's like a scene from your own bed, and the familiarity of it is shocking in a great way. Plus, the lack of fuss concerning nudity is marvellous - perhaps we do live in a civilized, modern world after all? The ending of the film is also disturbing, and in the end the movie isn't easy to take. I wouldn't want it any other way, but it makes repeat viewings difficult.

madmark118 I should preface this by saying it's been almost a year since I saw this film, so I can't remember every scene in it. I appreciated the feel of the movie. I'm not personally acquainted with the culture, but the movie really had a sense of reality; it captured the situation, in that particular place very well.The beginning of the movie, when they go bride shopping, manages to be funny, but then the movie really shifts gears and does a decent job at drama. By the end of the movie, while I appreciated the non-Hollywood ending, I just didn't care what happened, none of the characters moved me.In general, I like films from other countries, but maybe this culture was just too foreign. I could see where the characters were coming from, but it just seemed so archaic and unreal; I just couldn't relate. The movie was well made, but I just didn't really enjoy it.