Zahira should be a typical young woman: college bound, living in a Belgian suburb with her loving parents, having a bright future. Even when she becomes pregnant and questions whether to deliver the baby or have an abortion, it seems that her family supports her. But tensions rise from another direction: Zahira and her family are devout Muslims from Pakistan, and it is tradition for her to wed one of three young men from their homeland. As is pointed out, this is two more than her mother had at her age and she’ll actually get to talk with them in advance via Skype. But this is hardly freedom to Zahira, and soon she finds her relationship with her parents, and especially her brother, under extreme duress. When she falls in love with a local auto mechanic, her family may no longer be so open minded.
Director’s Biography
Stephan Streker: Stephan Streker was born in Brussels in 1978, and has worked as a photographer, movie critic, and sports reporter. He wrote Gainsbourg: Portrait of an Artist in Trompe-l'œil (De Boeck, '90). A Wedding is his third feature, after Michael Blanco ('04) and Le monde nous appartient ('12.)