The Marriage (Martesa)

THE MARRIAGE

a Bézé film in cooproduction with Bunker Film+

supported by Kosovo Cinematography Center and Albanian Cinematography Center

Hey gorgeous

Are you a boy or a girl?

Look what I’ve got for you

You want more?

Do you have a light?

I'm afraid you'll have to do it this way, Sir

You seem like a dog whisperer

How come?

I saw you playing with that dog over there

My youngest would also find dogs, cats, all sorts of animals

and would spend the whole day playing with them

I haven’t seen you here before

This is my first time here

And you, Sir? Who do you have here... I mean... who is missing...

Don't worry, I know what you mean

My two sons

My brother and his sons

Six people

- How are you, Uncle Musa? - So so

- Have some tea - No, I'm alright

- It's nice and hot - No I can't

How are you?

Alright

Are you cold?

A little, I guess

Uncle Musa, Bekim is my fiancé

Congratulations

Thank you

May you be blessed with kids

Best wishes

Thank you

Hell of a man

Listen to me now

Once you are married, fill your house with kids

You can never have too many

Don’t be like today's youth, worrying if you can afford it or not

When it comes to kids

Make as many as you can

Do you know if they’re near?

They said they should be here in an hour

I heard they’re bringing one hundred today

No, no, 92

Come now, everybody. They’ve arrived

Make some room. Move aside

Move your cars

You, move!

This way. Move on

Come

Move to the side

Make way for the truck

Look at me

Get out of the tent. You shouldn't be in the tent

How many are you missing?

My fiancée's parents are missing

Sorry, why were there so many children's bones?

What?

Weren’t they children?

No, this is how they bring them

They're never complete

Sometimes it's just an arm or just a leg

Sometimes it's the skull

What, the family ends up burying only half the bones?

What can you do?

Hopefully your fiancée finds her own

Hopefully

Any news from them?

No

When are they supposed to let you know?

Well, if they don't inform me within a couple of months

It means they haven't found them this time either

Let's see

I really envy my sister being abroad

Why?

She only cares about her own ass

While I deal with everything on my own

She looks after her kids, her husband - that's it

After these gatherings, I'm completely useless

I'm totally drained

I can't concentrate on work or anything else

I don't want to pass this feeling onto you

I want to look forward from now on

We'll get married and have kids

I don't want my kids to grow feeling they're waiting for someone

they have never met and will never see

My sweetheart

- Have a look! - Uh-uh

- It’s Arben - What's he saying?

He has sent some kitchen designs

Any good?

Not bad

I mean... I don't know

Give it here!

You drive! Give it to me

Easy! Where do you think you’re going?

- Don’t get mad - That brat

He's saying the first models can be done at once

It's a month's wait for the others

- Let me see! - They look OK

We'll see them at the bar. Drive now!

- Hey - Long time no see

When have you arrived?

How are you?

- Wow, what a surprise! - How are things?

- Didn’t expect to see me, huh? - Not at all

You're looking great. How are you?

You’re not introducing me to your friend?

We'll introduce ourselves. Hi, I'm Anita

- I'm Nol. Pleased to meet you - Likewise

Come on, let’s have a beer

I don't think we can, we wanted to...

Are you kidding me? We haven’t seen each other for two years

It’s OK with me

OK then

What do you want to do? You want to go or...

Should I go?

No, I just thought you wanted to leave

- I'll leave, no problem - No, no, have a seat

Bekim, come

Alright?

You've done a great job with the place

We had a makeover. It got a bit dull

What are you drinking?

- Beer - Oh no, no

Dren, change it. Bring three house beers

You’ve finally brewed your own?

- Yeah - No kidding?

Well done. You did it, at last

- Is it any good? - You'll see now

Dren, bring us some mezze

- What brings you back? - Some things to take care of

- When did you arrive? - A couple of days ago

Your passport must have expired

Something personal

OK

Not that I want to hide anything, it's just not the right moment

It’s cool

Don't tell us you came looking for a wife or your inheritance

Where do you live?

In France

Oh great

- For how long now? - A couple of years

Great, what do you do there...

except drink wine?

I eat cheese

Seriously, what do you do there?

- Music - Really?

I recognize you now

I read a lot about you

Why didn’t you tell me you know him?

I don’t know, it never came up

We were war buddies

But Bekim didn't fight

True, but we were in hiding together

He was the landlady’s son, I was the student lodger

He still is the landlady’s son

Ah, the eternal Sadie. Does she still wrap you in cotton wool?

Mm, the beer

Stop it now, you’re embarrassing me

- Don't worry, it's cute - Stop it

You’re sweet

- Do you want to hear a story? - Yes, yes

Enough already, Nol!

- You don’t want me to go on? - No

OK then, let's go

No man, I haven't touched it in two years

Two years! All the more reason to play

- Nah, not this one - Yes, yes

Wait

That’s it

Anita!

Anita!

Don’t come in

Open the door!

Hold on a minute, Mom

Open the door

- Why did you come in? - What were you doing?

Why did you leave work so early?

What's this smell?

You touched my perfume. You know I hate it when you touch my stuff

- Aw, great stuff! - Good or bad, they're mine

Your dress and perfume are more important than me

- Why are you shouting? - If you caught Arjeta wearing it...

you'd probably let her have it

- Do you want the dress? - No... it's stupid

This is my wedding dress. It means a lot to me

I'd rather you didn't damage it

Are you planning to wear it again?

It won't fit you anyway

Shut up and take it off

I can’t, it's tangled

Careful, it might snap. Wait... let me do it for you

Careful with the button

- Let me remove your lipstick - I'll remove it myself

I was just about to call you

Sorry, I got held up at work

- How are you? - Fine and you?

I’ll take it in a bit here