The Syrian Bride

The Syrian Bride
Film poster
Directed byEran Riklis
Written bySuha Arraf
Eran Riklis
Produced byBettina Brokemper
StarringHiam Abbass
Makram Khoury
Clara Khoury
Edited byTova Ascher
Distributed byKoch-Lorber Films
Release date
  • 2 December 2004 (2004-12-02) (Israel)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesIsrael
France
Germany
LanguagesArabic
English
Hebrew
Russian
French

The Syrian Bride (Hebrew: הכלה הסורית, romanizedHaKala HaSurit) is a 2004 film directed by Eran Riklis. The story deals with a Druze wedding and the troubles the politically unresolved situation creates for the personal lives of the people in and from the village. The film's plot looks at the Arab–Israeli conflict through the story of a family divided by political borders and how their lives are fractured by the region's harsh political realities.

The film has garnered critical acclaim and has won or been nominated internationally for several notable awards.