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Arranged is a 2007 American independent film produced by Cicala Filmworks, directed by Diane Crespo and Stefan Schaefer, and starring Zoe Lister-Jones and Francis Benhamou. It tells the story of the friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman (Rochel) and a Muslim woman (Nasira), both of whom are teachers in New York City .
Nathaniel Hood of The Young Folks gave the movie a 5/10, saying that the film "seems to argue that the whole process of parental matchmaking is an endurable hassle that inevitably leads to happy marriages." [36] Wendy Ide of Screen Daily criticized the film, saying that the film provides little insight of a "vast and complex subject." [37]
In London, filmmaker Zoe Stevenson documents the experience of her British-Pakistani next-door neighbours, in particular her childhood best friend Kazim "Kaz" Khan's arranged marriage to a bride from Pakistan. Adamant on an arranged marriage to keep his parents happy, Kaz insists that such marriages do work, when questioned by Zoe.
Portrayed by Shazia Ali. Nawa was an Abyssinian princess who used her magical earrings to switch bodies with a slave girl to escape from an arranged marriage in 50 BC. These earrings are later used by both a modern teenage girl, Jessica, and a criminal, Clive, as they accidentally switch their bodies.
Kumail falls in love with and dates Emily after she heckles him, but they break up when Emily finds out his family want an arranged marriage with a Muslim girl. However, Emily falls into a coma due to a brain infection and Kumail meets and spends time with Emily's family during her recovery.
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Tanna is a 2015 Australian-Ni-Vanuatu [4] drama film directed by Bentley Dean and Martin Butler.Set on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, the film dramatizes the true story of Wawa and Dain (Mungau Dain), members of the Indigenous Kastom tribe, who defy their community’s tradition of arranged marriage by pursuing a forbidden romance, igniting tensions with the rival Imedin tribe.
Shira Mendelman, an 18-year-old Hasidic girl living in Tel Aviv, is looking forward to an arranged marriage with a young man whom she likes. However, on Purim, her family suffers a tragedy when Shira's older sister Esther dies in childbirth. Shira's father subsequently delays the engagement so as not to have to deal with an empty house so soon ...