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1 videocassette (52 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Explores attitudes among educated Indian couples, asking them how they met and married their spouses. In India, marriages are a family matter often arranged to improve the social standing of the family. This documentary makes a visit to a marriage bureau, where earnest parents look over the qualifications of potential mates for their children; education, caste, religion, profession and physical attribues all figure in the equation.
coproduced by Dominant 7 and La Cinquiéme ; a film by Carol Equer-Hamy.
In English and Indian dialects and English subtitles.
Director, Carol Equer-Hamy ; photography, Laurent Fénart ; editor, Lise Beaulieu.