Late Marriage (film)

Infobox Film
name = Late Marriage


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director = Dover Kosashvili
producer = Marek Rozenbaum
Edgard Tenenbaum
writer = Dover Kosashvili
starring = Lior Ashkenazi
Ronit Elkabetz
Moni Moshonov
Lili Kosashvili
music = Joseph Bardanashvili
cinematography = Daniel Schneor
editing = Yael Perlov
distributor =
released = 17 May 2001
runtime = 102 minutes
country = ISR
FRA
language = Georgian
Hebrew
budget =
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website =
amg_id = 1:248911
imdb_id = 0287471

"Late Marriage" (in Hebrew, חתונה מאוחרת) is a 2001 Israeli film. It is directed by Dover Koshashvili and stars Lior Ashkenazi and Ronit Elkabetz. [ [http://www.indiewire.com/people/int_Kosashvili_Dove_020513.html INTERVIEW: All in the Family: Dover Kosashvili On Ethnicity, Mothers, and "Late Marriage." ] ]

Many of the main characters are from Georgia and the dialogue is partly in the Judaeo-Georgian language and partly in Hebrew.

Plot

Zaza (Lior Ashkenazi) is a 31-year-old bachelor Georgian-Israeli Ph.D. student at Tel Aviv University whose family is trying to arrange a marriage for him, within the Georgian community. Unknown to them, he is secretly dating a 34-year-old divorcée, Judith (Ronit Elkabetz), who has a 6-year-old daughter. When his parents violently intervene, Zaza must choose between his family traditions or his love.

Cast

* Lior Ashkenazi as Zaza
* Ronit Elkabetz as Judith
* Moni Moshonov as Yasha
* Lili Kosashvili as Lili
* Aya Steinovitz as Ilana
* Rosina Kambus as Magouly
* Simon Chen as Simon
* Sapir Kugman as Madona
* Dina Doron as Luba
* Leonid Kanevsky as Otary
* Livia Chachmon Ayaliy as Margalit
* Eli Turi as Bessik
* Maria Ovanov as Lali

Awards

* Won the "Best Film" at the 2001 Awards of the Israeli Film Academy.
* The film was Israel's submission for the 74th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

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