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APRIL
20-28, 2002

Late Marriage

Handsome and intelligent, Zaza is working on his doctorate in philosophy in Tel Aviv. Yasha and Lili proudly consider their son an excellent catch, so they find it disconcerting that Zaza is still not married at 31.  He humors his parents as they expound on the need for him to marry a young virgin and suffers as they take him to meet one "suitable" girl after another.  But he is uninterested: In brazen disregard of his parents' strict Georgian tradition, Zaza is in love with the smolderingly beautiful Judith, a 34-year-old Moroccan divorcee. The situation is a disaster in the eyes of Zaza's family and is made all the worse by the fact that Judith has a six-year-old daughter.  Late Marriage is a riveting portrait of rigid cultural traditions and the harm that can be done when we ignore the urgings of the heart. Tragic and funny in equal parts, the film marks a highly impressive launch to director Dover Kosashvili's feature filmmaking career.  Explicit mature content.  Israel’s nominee for this year's Best Foreign Film.  Screening with Najeeb: A Persian Girl in America.

Seattle Premiere
Director: Dover Koshashvili
Israel 2001
100 minutes
Hebrew w/ subtitles

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