The Wedding Song

Tunisia 1942 - after the defeat of France, German troops occupy the country: Nour and Myriam are both 16 years old. They have known each other from childhood and live in the same court. They spend much time together. Usually they use the hammam (Turkish steam bath for women) in order to be undisturbed and confide everything to one another, as they share the same fate. Both the Muslim Nour and the Jew Myriam are to be married. Nour was promised to her cousin Khaled. Both like each other, but the young man has to find a job first before they are allowed to marry. With Myriam’s help and backing the lovers have long been meeting for secret rendezvous. Myriam only lives with her mother Tita who earns a living as a seamstress. When the Germans force the members of the Jewish community to pay high reparations and ban them from their occupations, Tita does not know where to find the money. She pairs her daughter Miriam off with Raoul, a much older but well-heeled doctor. Beside herself with terror, Myriam turns to Nour. But her friend has changed somehow. The reason is Kahled. He works for the Germans and begins to interpret the Koran against the Jews. And he expects Nour to approve of his new views. At first she resists, but pressure is increasing. The friendship between the young women is in danger of breaking up by this conflict.