“La Belle Promise”, a Palestinian film by Suha Arraf, was released in French cinemas on June 10th. Arraf is particularly known for her work as script-writer on Eran Riklis’ “The Syrian Bride” and “Lemon Tree”, and for winning the “Mediterranean Issues Grand Prix” at the 2011 PriMed for her documentary “Women of Hamas”. Set in Palestine, her first feature film as director is about three sisters born into the Christian aristocracy who “lost their land and their social status after the Six Day War with Israel in 1967. Unable to cope with their new reality, they cut themselves off from the rest the world by locking themselves in their villa and clinging to their past. The arrival of their young niece, Badia, soon upsets their routine, especially when it occurs to them to find her a husband.”
Source: allocine.fr
