In a way, good movies allow you to check out different cultures and situations from your armchair. They could give you, for example, an idea of what it would be like as Brazilian gang member. The Syrian Bride lets you peek in on the Golan Heights, a part of Syria occupied by Israel. They won't let anyone move in or return to that enclave. A young Druze woman has decided to use her last chance of re-establishing herself after a failed marriage, she will leave the Heights forever to move to Syria proper for an arranged marriage with a TV actor she has never met in real life.
We also get to meet, amongst others, the bride's father, who has served a long jail term for resisting the occupation, and his two estranged sons.
In the anticlimactic end, the bride struggles to cross the border because the Syrian customs officer refuses to accept an Israeli stamp in her passport. When everyone is arguing, she slips across the border and into her new, uncertain life.
We also get to meet, amongst others, the bride's father, who has served a long jail term for resisting the occupation, and his two estranged sons.
In the anticlimactic end, the bride struggles to cross the border because the Syrian customs officer refuses to accept an Israeli stamp in her passport. When everyone is arguing, she slips across the border and into her new, uncertain life.