Mixed couples regularly face difficult challenges: distance, hostility from families, cultural shocks. Fortunately, when love is strong, it always triumphs over prejudice.
Mandy and Stéphane managed to get married this afternoon at the town hall of Meylan at the end of a judicial and family Homeric battle. Stéphane’s parents strongly opposed this marriage, believed that their son was under influence, manipulated by Mandy whose sole purpose was, according to them, to obtain French nationality. The parents denounced a "grey marriage" and had invoked Article 146 of the Civil Code dating from 1803 to annul the marriage. The commentary on factual images of marriage and archival images (November 2010) alternates with the interviews of the spouses and Marie-Christine TARDY, mayor of Meylan.
Dorothée, a Catholic, married Mohammed, a Muslim. During a family reunion, their respective relatives share their reactions to the announcement of this union.Interviews with Dorothée’s parents and Mohammed’s sister.
Testimony of Zaki, a Muslim, and his wife, Nourit, a Jewish woman. He explains that before the Intifada, "it was not shameful to marry a Jewish woman". Today, he is afraid to visit his friends and family in the Gaza Strip because they think he is a traitor. Nourit, from a very religious family, was afraid that her family would discover that she was dating a Muslim.
Maryvonne is white. She married Olympe, a black man from a village in Dahomey (Benin) in Africa. During a discussion with her mother, she shares her initial reactions to the announcement of the marriage and then explains how she reasoned.
Chila, 21, is Hindu and marries Antoine, a Christian. Her family opposed this marriage, but she is ready "to sacrifice everything for her love": her family, an easy standard of living. Interview of Chila on images of civil marriage.