Late Marriage (film)

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Late Marriage
Directed by	Dover Koshashvili
Produced by	Marek Rozenbaum Edgard Tenenbaum
Written by	Dover Koshashvili
Starring	Lior Ashkenazi Ronit Elkabetz Moni Moshonov Lili Koshashvili
Music by	Joseph Bardanashvili
Cinematography	Daniel Schneor
Editing by	Yael Perlov
Release date(s)	17 May 2001
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Israel  France
Language	Georgian Hebrew
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Late Marriage (in Hebrew, חתונה מאוחרת) is a 2001 Israeli film. It is directed by Dover Koshashvili and stars Lior Ashkenazi and Ronit Elkabetz.

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

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 Awards 5 Trivia 6 External links

[edit] 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. Unknown to them, he is secretly dating a 34-year-old divorcée, Judith (Ronit Elkabetz), who has a 6-year-old daughter. Zaza must choose between his family traditions or his love.

[edit] Cast

• Lior Ashkenazi as Zaza
• Ronit Elkabetz as Judith
• Moni Moshonov as Yasha
• Lili Koshashvili 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

[edit] Reception

The film has an 88% rating at the Rotten Tomatoes website.

[edit] Awards

• Won the "Best Film" at the 2001 Awards of the Israeli Film Academy.

[edit] Trivia

• The film was Israel's submission for the 74th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

[edit] External links

• Late Marriage at the Internet Movie Database