Note: I don’t like the last line of this.

A caper film with real-life consequences, this amazing doc embeds the viewer inside a fake wedding party as it makes the hazardous journey from Milan to Stockholm with a mix of five Palestinian and Syrian refugees concealed within its ranks (including one rapping 11-year-old boy). Sometimes they’re forced to use exotic routes established by human smugglers, like an ad hoc footpath across the mountainous French-Italian border. Other times they brazen their way through checkpoints in tuxedos and gowns. Oscillating between tension, euphoria, and moments of unspeakable sadness and horror, this might be the best antidote to the anti-refugee spew on your sister-in-law’s friend’s dad’s Facebook feed. 

Georgia Straight, March 2017