Overview
In a war-torn landscape, love fights against all odds to survive.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- earnest
- melancholic
- world cinema night
- socially conscious viewing
What critics said
Critics and local media broadly praised the film as an unusually successful and resonant Yemeni drama about love and civilian life after war.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Rasha and Ma'moon race to hold their wedding after the 2015 war and face displacement, militias, war profiteers, and economic crisis.
The couple has ten days to overcome successive logistical and social barriers before the scheduled wedding.
The plot focuses on evacuation, livelihood, armed groups, and postwar economic hardship affecting a Yemeni couple.
The wedding remains the couple's shared goal despite displacement, armed conflict, and financial collapse.
Films like 10 Days Before the Wedding, and why
Theeb
war-disrupted romance, intimate social realism, and lovers struggling against political violence
The Insult
humanist wartime drama centered on civilians navigating displacement, danger, and moral pressure
A Separation
romantic commitment tested by economic hardship and a destabilized social environment
Movie Details
- Director
- Amr Gamal
- Release Date
- 2018-08-20
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (6)
Cast
- Hadeel AbdulHakeem
- Abeer AbdulKareem
- Fatema Adulbqawi
- Ansaf Alawi
- Hashem AlSayyed
- Hesham Hammadi
- Huda Hassan
- Ahmed Abdullah Hussain
- Amal Ismaeel
- Akram Mukhtar
Common questions
- What is 10 Days Before the Wedding about?
- A Yemeni couple races through displacement, militia pressure, and economic collapse to preserve a wedding that has become an act of hope.
- What is 10 Days Before the Wedding like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of 10 Days Before the Wedding as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is 10 Days Before the Wedding violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in 10 Days Before the Wedding as moderate.
- What did critics think of 10 Days Before the Wedding?
- Critics and local media broadly praised the film as an unusually successful and resonant Yemeni drama about love and civilian life after war.
- Which films are like 10 Days Before the Wedding?
- Films with a similar feel include Theeb, The Insult, and A Separation.
- How long is 10 Days Before the Wedding?
- 10 Days Before the Wedding runs 122 minutes.
