One Week and a Day is a comedy that depicts the difficult period of transition from mourning back into normal life.
The film is most interesting as an articulation of how its main character’s initial status as an emblem of inter-religious understanding quickly dissolves following a suicide bombing.
Forlorn depictions of love and death may dignify the film, but narrative withholding ultimately drives a stake into its unmistakable heart.
Israeli director Eran Riklis’s The Syrian Bride is a multifaceted story about a family’s wedding day preparations.