Hatuna Meuheret

English title: Late Marriage

Also known as: Mariage tardif

Genre: comedy drama

With: Lior Louie Ashkenazi (Zaza), Moni Moshonov (Yasha), Lili Koshashvili (Lili), Ronit Elkabetz (Judith), Aya Steinovitz (Ilana)                                                                              

Direction and screenplay: Dover Koshashvili

Release: 2001

Studio: Arte France Cinéma, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Israeli Film Fund, Keshet Broadcasting et al.

Rating: -

MBiS score: 8.1/10

The Fine Line Between Helping and Meddling

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Story-line: Yasha and Lili are deeply disappointed with their son Zaza, a student at Tel Aviv University, because he’s still single at the ripe old age of 31. With the aid of relatives, they will try once again to find him a nice young wife.                                                                                

Pluses: solid acting by Lior Louie Ashkenazi and cast, a thoughtful screenplay that yields several surprises, competent direction, irreproachable production values.

Minuses: none whatsoever.

Comments: HATUNA MEUHERET reinvigorates a well-worn premise by transplanting it to an unfamiliar context (for me anyway) and sustains interest by pitting modern mores against Jewish tradition. Here’s a real discovery for you… and a fine, bittersweet movie.      

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