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Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jay is a man with a secret who travels from Britain to Pakistan to attend a wedding, armed with duct tape, a shotgun, and a plan to kidnap the bride-to-be. Despite his cool efficiency, the plot quickly spirals out of control, sending Jay and his hostage on the run across the border and through the railway stations, back alleys, and black markets of New Delhi, as all the while attractions simmer, loyalties shift, and explosive secrets are revealed."...
Series
Criterion collection ; 1034
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
"France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Because she is a reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Héloïse by day and secretly painting her by firelight at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse first moments of freedom. Héloïse portrait soon becomes a collaborative...
4) East is East
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Two free-wheeling bachelor brothers, the children of a strict Pakistani father and a mellow English mother, discover that their father is attempting to arrange marriages for them.
5) Chéri
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The story of the love affair between a beautiful retired courtesan Lea, and Chéri, the son of her old colleague and rival, Madame Peloux. After six years Madame Peloux has secretly arranged a marriage between Chéri and Edmee, the daughter of another rich courtesan. As the inevitable moment of parting approaches, Lea and Cheri begin to understand, too late, how much they mean to one another.
6) Brick lane
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Nazneem is a young Bangladeshi woman who arrives in London during the 1980s. She leaves behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. In a loveless marriage to the middle aged Chanu, she feels trapped within the four walls of her flat in East London. She begins to fear that her soul is quietly dying. Meanwhile, her sister Hasina, continues to live a carefree life back in Bangladesh. Nazneen struggles to accept her lifestyle...
Publisher
First Look Studios
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A year after their royal wedding, King Edvard and Queen Paige receive an invitation to attend the wedding of Princess Myra of Sangyoon. Upon their arrival, Paige finds Myra is unhappy about her arranged marriage and is secretly in love with Alu, a young elephant handler. When the romance is revealed, Alu is thrown in jail and the wedding elephant goes missing. To save the princess, Paige and Eddie must find the elephant and free Alu, plus convince...
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Français
Description
Marie de Mezieres is deeply in love with her dashing cousin Henri de Guise. However, due to her father's political ambitions, she is forced into a marriage with the well-connected Philippe de Montpensier, who she has never met. When Philippe is called away to fight, she is left in the care of Count Chabannes, an aging nobleman. It isn't long before she is exposed to the sexual and political intrigues of court.
11) Flower drum song
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
This unforgettable Broadway smash, filled with memorable songs and brilliant dances, centers on a Hong Kong girl who comes to San Franciso for an arranged marriage. Features the hit tunes: "I enjoy being a girl", "Chop Suey", and "A hundred million miracles".
Publisher
Yash Raj Films
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Language
Hindi
Description
Rahul and Simran fall in love while travelling in Europe on an inter-rail holiday. Simran's father, settled in London for twenty-two years, is determined that his daughter should marry a family friend, back in their homeland of rural Punjab. All his plans undergo serious revision once the family travels to India and Rahul also shows up.
13) Loving Leah
Series
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When his brother dies, Jake, a 30-year-old cardiologist, is called upon to marry the widow, Leah, under orthodox Jewish law. While initially just going through the motions to satisfy their mothers, the two soon find themselves in love.
14) Late spring
Series
Criterion collection ; 331
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
日本語
Description
A widowed father feels compelled to marry off his beloved only daughter.
15) Arthur
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Lovable billionaire Arthur Bach has always relied on his limitless fortune and nanny Hobson to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge. He must choose between an arranged marriage that will ensure his lavish lifestyle or an uncertain future with the one thing money can't buy, Naomi, the only woman he has ever loved. With Naomi's inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will finally learn what it means to become...
16) Fire
Series
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage and [falls] into the supple embrace of Radha."--Container.
17) Kadosh: Sacred
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
עברית
Description
The story of two Hasidic sisters living in the Mea Shearim area of Jerusalem. Rivka and her husband are deeply in love, but he obeys his rabbi father and divorces her after 10 childless years of marriage. Rivka's sister Malka loves a man who has left Hasidism after joining the army, but accepts the marriage her parents have arranged to the rabbi's assistant.
18) Wo xin fei xiang
Series
Publisher
Facets Multimedia
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
Rainbow, a mute yet musically gifted girl, is in an arranged marriage, and her eyes wander. Set against the historical background of China's bloody war with Japan in the 1930s, Rainbow's mystical search for her ideal lover brings death and destruction.
Publisher
China Century Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
Mandingo
Description
The story of a young woman, widowed twice, who is seen as a bearer of bad luck and becomes a social outcast. Based on the short story by the Chinese author Lu Xun and named one of the top 100 Chinese films of all time by Asia Weekly.
20) A suitable boy
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Amid the cultural upheaval of 1950s India, Lata is torn between romance and responsibility, while her wayward brother-in-law Maan has a perilous affair with a glamorous courtesan." --
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