This video essay looks at weddings—and the central figure of the bride—in Kusturica’s films with a mixture of admiration and scepticism, considering that the idealization of the young, beautiful woman as wife and future mother is not without its reactionary undertones.

The video essays were created in 2023 as part of the ECHO III: For Memory’s Sake project by Letiția Popa, Irina Trocan, and Cristina Iliescu. proiectului ECHO III: For Memory’s Sake în anul 2023 de Letiția Popa, Irina Trocan și Cristina Iliescu.