Marriage (1999)

Name: Marriage
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-04-20T20:22:46+02:00

Documentary | 80 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 80 minuten

Alternative title: Jiehun

Country: China

Directed by: Bibo Liang

Releasedate: 1 November 1999

This movie is not available on US streaming services.

Marriage plot

In China, the marriage ritual is not a matter of a girl in love and a boy in love who want to formalize their relationship. The marriage ritual consists of six stages that must be handled according to the rules: the marriage proposal, the negotiations, the engagement, the knowledge of the date of birth of the betrothed to confirm the marriage relationship, a visit to the diviner for the best wedding date, and finally the date of marriage. wedding ceremony. “Marriage” follows a marriage broker through the elaborate, complicated and grueling negotiations for two marriages, somewhere in southwest China, between Jian and Qiong, and between Yu and Zhao.