Forbidden Marriages In The Holy Land (Marriages Mixtes En Terre Sainte)

Exploring the lives and loves of eight mixed marriages from different generations and backgrounds, director Michel Khleifi uncovers the mutual intolerance of the Middle Eastís three monotheistic religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Among the subjects in Forbidden Marriages in the Holy Land is a young Palestinian musician living with his Israeli musicologist girlfriend, a fiery Palestinian woman married to a Jew, a Jewish woman who converted to Islam to be with her husband in Gaza, and an African woman who is married to a ìWhiteî couples who, in a region scarred by conflict and catastrophe, chose love instead of hate.