DVD Mini Review - The Wedding Song

A (very) few words about The Wedding Song. Karin Albou directs this film with great love. It takes place in Tunisia in 1942. It is the story of two girls who are best friends. Myriam (Lizzie Brochere) is Jewish and Nour (Olympe Borval) is Muslim. But that does not come in the way of their friendship. They live on the same street and their families are friendly too.

But the Nazi invasion changes things. Nour is supposed to marry Khaled (Najib Oudghiri) but since he isn't working her father keeps postponing the wedding. Because of all of the bad things that start happening to the Jews Myriam is forced to marry a man just to help out financially. Raoul (Simon Abkarian) certainly looks a lot older than her so it makes sense that she is not interested. But her mother Tita (played by the director) insists.

I really enjoyed watching this film because we can see that friendship is more important than any cultural differences. Yes, the two girls have many ups and downs - and it is due to the war. But deep down inside they share more similarities than differences. And if we only realized this truth then the world would be a better place. I recommend that you check this film out on DVD or Movies on Demand.