Late Marriage (2001)
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88% of critics liked it
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A couple sets out to find the perfect bride for their son, whether their son likes it or not, in this Israeli comedy. Zaza (Lior Louie Ashkenazi) is a graduate student in his early thirties who has finally found the woman of his dreams -- Judith (Ronit Elkabetz), a Moroccan immigrant with a… More A couple sets out to find the perfect bride for their son, whether their son likes it or not, in this Israeli comedy. Zaza (Lior Louie Ashkenazi) is a graduate student in his early thirties who has finally found the woman of his dreams -- Judith (Ronit Elkabetz), a Moroccan immigrant with a daughter, Madonna (Sapir Kugman), from a previous marriage. Zaza and Judith have similar interests, a great personal rapport, a keen understanding of one another's feelings, and excellent sexual chemistry, but for Zaza there's one little problem -- his parents. His mother Lili (Lili Kosashvili) and father Yasha (Moni Moshonov) are bound and determined to marry their son to a nice Georgian Jewish girl (who is, of course, a virgin), and they not only disapprove of Zaza's relationship with Judith, they insist on fixing him up on dates as if he isn't in a committed relationship; when that fails to make an impression on Zaza, Lili and Yasha use emotional blackmail against their son, and Lili even goes so far as to confront Judith and insist she stop seeing her son. Late Marriage was shown at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival as part of the Un Certain Regard series; Lili Kosashvili, who makes her screen debut playing Lili, is actually the mother of the film's writer/director, Dover Kosashvili. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Dover Koshashvili
- Written By
- Dover Koshashvili, Dover Kosashvili
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 17, 2002 Limited
- Studio
- Magnolia
Critic Reviews
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Susan Stark, Detroit News
A romantic comedy enriched by a sharp eye for manners and mores.
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Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
A terrific, thoroughly engrossing motion picture.
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Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
This terrific film is fueled by several scenes that are shocking -- but not for the reasons you might think. The shocks here come not from the unexpected sensationalism of them but from their bracing humanity and spontaneous, eye-opening rawness.
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John Petrakis, Chicago Tribune
One of those welcome visitors, a movie that turns out to be much more than we expected.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
A canny (and profoundly sexy) movie.
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Cast
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Lior Ashkenazi
as Zaza
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Ronit Elkabetz
as Judith
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Moni Moshonov
as Yasha
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Lili Kosashvili
as Lili
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Sapir Kugman
as Madonna
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Aya Steinovits Laor
as Ilana
- Dina Doron
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Leonid Kanevsky
as Otar
- Lior Louie Ashkenazi
- Lili Koshashvili
- Aya Steinovitz
- Rozina Cambus
- Simon Chen
