A MARRIAGE
by Katerina Hager, Asad Faruqi
synopsis
Wheelchair-bound Zdenka from the Czech Republic and Tabish from Pakistan met online playing FarmVille on Facebook. But instead of a crop of virtual tomatoes, a real friendship grew, soon blossoming into a romance – and then a marriage. Five years into their official marriage, Czech authorities serially reject Tabish´s application for a visa to enter the Czech Republic, convinced they’re protecting Zdenka from a “feigned marriage” with a younger calculating Pakistani and the Czech Republic from an economic migrant. After years of trying to prove their “real love” to the authorities and a relationship eked out online, a breakthrough in their case gives Tabish and Zdenka new hope that their dream of living together could soon become reality.
international title: | A Marriage |
original title: | A Marriage |
country: | Czech Republic, United States |
year: | 2021 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Katerina Hager, Asad Faruqi |
film run: | 74' |
cinematography by: | Asad Faruqi, Jakub Šimůnek |
film editing: | Sárka Sklenárová |
producer: | Katerina Hager, Asad Faruqi |
production: | Bohemian Productions, Czech Television - Česká televize, Circus Lion Pictures (US) |