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DVD : ArrangedIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Zoe Lister-Jones, Francis Benhamou, Marcia Jean Kurtz, John Rothman, Mimi Lieber directed by: Diane Crespo;Stefan C. Schaefer  List Price: $24.95 Amazon.com's Price: $22.49 You Save: $2.46 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 0616892945529 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Film Movement Manufacturer: Film Movement Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Film Movement Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 04, 2008 Running Time: 89 minutes Studio: Film Movement Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Sales Rank: 9597 MPN: RPNDFM92552D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. A young Orthodox woman, ROCHEL MESHENBERG, is about to begin her first year as a special education teacher at the local public school. She is also about to embark on what her father and mother call the most exciting time of her life; the process of finding a husband via the time-tested method of using a shadchen, or matchmaker. As the school year gets underway, Rochel meets NASIRA KHALDI, a Muslim woman of Syrian descent. Nasira is also a first-year teacher. The two young women Rochel in long skirt and conservative blouse, Nasira in headscarf stand out in this public school context. The principal, a secular Westchester Jew, is forever reminding them that although they are some of her smartest, most gifted teachers, they are also stunted by their outmoded customs, religions, and by their patriarchal worldviews. She tells them of her experiences in the women's movement and her desire to see them reach their full potentials. As the school year progresses, Rochel and Nasira realize they share much in common, not least of which is that they are both going through what the outside world would call 'arranged marriages.' As their friendship deepens, they are exposed to their respective worlds. They prepare for school at one another's houses, meet one another's families, and discuss commonalities and differences. Meanwhile they are also both meeting potential spouses. Rochel is having no luck. The shadchen is pairing her with men who, although they have good jobs or prospects, don't match her in intellect, curiosity in the world, or humor. The men presented to Nasira by her family are also not her equal. Rochel begins to question whether this age-old practice is going to work. Nasira has greater faith, as she views her parent's loving union as such a success. With the family pressure too great, and the dates continuing to go badly, Rochel storms from the house. She visits an estranged cousin, who left the faith years ago, and is exposed to what a secular life might be. Meanwhile Nasira, concerned at her friend's state, and having met a promising prospect herself, does the unthinkable. She manipulates the Orthodox matchmaking system on behalf of her friend. The gamble pays off. As the school year draws to an end, these two women have found their future spouses. They have also developed a friendship that transcends their insular Brooklyn communities and the religions that seem so at odds in the broader world. They share a friendship that will endure as they move on to become wives and mothers, and continue to be modern women with deep religious convictions. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A nice alternative to the mainstream moviesI can see why this movie would never become a blockbuster hit considering the taste of mainstream america. I search for movies with substance and this movie definately hits the mark. I do not belong to either culture but can easily relate to the pressure both women, Rochel and Nasira were going through with the American society and their families. I also applauded the fact that the two women CHOSE to embrace their cultures and follow tradition with the arranged marriage. They did not settle but ... Read More Rating:  - Sky High"Arranged" was as entertaining as it was moving. Directors Stefan C. Schaefer & Diane Crespo keep the action focused and the story paced briskly. Rochel is played by Zoe Lister-Jones who does an excellent job as a Jewish girl teaching in the public schools. She helps a visually impaired student. The uncertainty Lister-Jones shows as she sorts through a number of suitors including Daniel London's hilariously played nervous guy cameo as Elliot is entrancing to watch. Finally, Rochel spots Gideon ... Read More Rating: - Do you take this man . . .Two women of different and often hostile cultures find it far easier to make friends with each other than find husbands to their liking. That's the given in this sometimes comic tale of a young Orthodox Jewish woman and her Muslim colleague at a Brooklyn school. Both have parents intent on getting them married. Both find the men that are available boring, crude, or diffident. Give credit to the screenwriters for suggesting that their holding out for Mr. Right has a lot to do with the men who are their fathers ... Read More Rating: - loved itsimple without being simplistic, "Arranged" reinforces the truth that there is great unity within diversity and diversity within unity. The characters and the story are believable and offer insight into the traditions of religiously observant families. Everyone carries with them the attitudes and practices of their cultural upbringing and the challenge is how one CHOOSES to integrate them into their own life and the importance of discovering what it is that really matters to us and why. Rating: - exclusion and embraceRachel is a twenty-two year old Orthodox Jew. Nasira is a Syrian Muslim. It would appear that they have little in common. Not true. They both teach at a public school in Brooklyn, and they befriend each other as they both struggle with the tensions that arise between their conservative religious families and the larger, secular world in which they live and work. Their principal makes fun of their religious values, their students assume that all Jews and Muslims hate each other, and their families are visibly upset ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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