Product Details

• Actors: GeneviĂ..ve Bujold, Manuel Aranguiz, DorothĂ©e Berryman, Monique Lepage, TĂ©o Spychalski
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Sling Shot
• DVD Release Date: June 20, 2000
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00003ETQ8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,432 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "A Paper Wedding" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

John Anderson, New York Newsday, Friday, June 21, 1991

Four Stars One of the most intelligent, honest movies we've seen so far this year. A MUST SEE.

Jay Carr, Boston Globe, Friday, September 20, 1991

Bujold is Irrestitible!

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Charmer, January 5, 2003

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This review is from: A Paper Wedding (DVD)

The film concerns an arranged marriage between a Canadian college professor and a Hispanic immigrant man who is in the country illegally and is being pursued by a Robert-Mitchum-type immigrations officer. The professor's sister happens to be the legal counsel for the immigrant, and talks her sister into agreeing to the marriage. In order to pass the required court interview to determine if the marriage is "real" as opposed to a legal contrivance, the couple must learn a great deal about each other in a short time. The more they learn, the more they see each other as human beings--and attractive ones at that.

This film's good qualities are more subtle than obvious, and are often visual rather than verbal, as we watch the play of emotion on the actors' faces. The color film quality is quite grainy and soft-focused, and handheld cameras are used a lot, giving it a quasi documentary quality. One has to get used to it, especially if one expects clear, bright images from a DVD. In French and Spanish, with English subtitles.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quiet but stunning, December 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Paper Wedding [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Two very private people, a university professor and an illegal immigrant from political persecution, are thrown together in an arranged marriage that will give the immigrant Canadian citizenship. Each learns of a new kind of intimacy and caring. A wonderful film.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quiet but stunning, December 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Paper Wedding [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Two very private people, a university professor and an illegal immigrant from political persecution, are thrown together in an arranged marriage that will give the immigrant Canadian citizenship. Each learns of a new kind of intimacy and caring. A wonderful film.