Director: Eran Riklis
Writer: Suha Arraf & Erin Riklis
Golan is a small village located at the border of Syria and Israel. Bot the countries claim the village as their territory. Due to the dispute the villagers nationality is undefined. In such a backdrop a girl Mona is suppose to be married to a man from Syria. After the marriage she won't be able to come back to Golan, i.e. she won't see her family again. She is also the daughter of Hameed who is pro-syrian and sore in the eyes of Israeli police.
The ritual is that family will accompany bride to the border where the groom and his family is waiting. Bride after completing the formalities will cross over the border.
But this time Israeli government changes the procedure and puts different stamp stating clearly that Golan is their territory. This angers the Syrian government official across the border and he refuses to allow the entry until the Israel rectifies it's mistake. Israeli government official says he can't do anything as he has been ordered to use the stamp and now he can't reach his superior being a weekend. After lot of time and persuading Israeli official erases the stamp by using white ink. Happy that all has been sorted out when UN official who is negotiating goes to Syrian official she finds out that earlier official has left and new one has come for duty who refuses entry because of the white ink.
The film proves again that it is the common man who always grinded because of politics.
Recommended.
Writer: Suha Arraf & Erin Riklis
Golan is a small village located at the border of Syria and Israel. Bot the countries claim the village as their territory. Due to the dispute the villagers nationality is undefined. In such a backdrop a girl Mona is suppose to be married to a man from Syria. After the marriage she won't be able to come back to Golan, i.e. she won't see her family again. She is also the daughter of Hameed who is pro-syrian and sore in the eyes of Israeli police.
The ritual is that family will accompany bride to the border where the groom and his family is waiting. Bride after completing the formalities will cross over the border.
But this time Israeli government changes the procedure and puts different stamp stating clearly that Golan is their territory. This angers the Syrian government official across the border and he refuses to allow the entry until the Israel rectifies it's mistake. Israeli government official says he can't do anything as he has been ordered to use the stamp and now he can't reach his superior being a weekend. After lot of time and persuading Israeli official erases the stamp by using white ink. Happy that all has been sorted out when UN official who is negotiating goes to Syrian official she finds out that earlier official has left and new one has come for duty who refuses entry because of the white ink.
The film proves again that it is the common man who always grinded because of politics.
Recommended.
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