Sunday, December 8, 2024

Colombian Love

By Nate Feldman

Colombian Love is a 2004 Israeli film about three friends, Ori, Omer, and Zidane who go through many misadventures on their way to discovering what true love is. 

Omer is a former military officer with PTSD.  He marries Yael, but he injures himself during the wedding.  She wants a child, but he isn't ready.  He is always comparing things to his time during a war in Lebanon.

Ori gets married to Tali even though he messed around with a stripper at Omer's bachelor party.  However, things become bad when she offends his family, especially his excessively rigid-minded father.

Zidane hires a prostitute, but it turns out it is a girlfriend of his from 8th grade, Noga.  Meanwhile, he tries and reconnect with a girl, Francesca, that he once knew on a trip in Colombia.  She comes to Israel with her overly possessive mother, and when he won't commit to marriage, they return to Colombia.  He begins dating Moran, a doctor, but he realizes that Noga is his true love.

This film is extremely lighthearted and has a lot of slapstick humor.  It's by no means a cinematic classic, but it is enjoyable and entertaining, so I highly recommend it if you want something light to watch.  

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