A Marriage

The film “A Marriage” will be part of the main program of the “One World” festival. It will be possible to watch it online from the comfort of your home. The stream will launch on November 7th at 12pm and will be available for the next 24 hours.

A Marriage / Kateřina Hager, Asad Faruqi / Czech Republic, USA 2021 / 74 min. – When Zdenka, a single woman in the Czech Republic, started playing online games with strangers, she didnʼt know it would change her life. Neither did Tabish, a computer scientist a world away in Pakistan. Their friendship turned to romance, and after flying to Sri Lanka to meet in real life, the committed couple married. Tabish filled out Czech immigration applications and Zdenka eagerly awaited her husbandʼs arrival. But five years later, the two remain apart, forced to live their married life on Skype. Time and again, the Czech government rejects Tabish’s entry requests. But why? Are they protecting Zdenka, an older woman in a wheelchair, from a sham marriage, or themselves from a calculating young man from Pakistan seeking entry into the EU? Are they paternalistic, ableist or simply racist? With grit, humour and dogged perseverance, the couple digs in to battle a faceless bureaucracy. In these cynical and austere times, can love ever win?

Language: Czech, English, Urdu

Topic: Slovakia and the Czech Republic for human rights

The screening of this film is inclusive. The film includes special subtitles and audio commentary through headphones – the screening can also be attended by people with hearing and visual impairments.