Rightly one thinks at this Italian wedding of THE dream wedding par excellence: white wedding dress, food and wine to die for as well as Italian party rage. But that's not all: the modern couple reinterprets many Italian customs. Simona (33), a banker, and Gaetano (34), a bar manager, have decided not to have a church wedding in Catholic Italy. A few years ago, it was still a scandal - today a trend among young Sicilians. Perhaps also because it reduces the already high costs a little. On average, an Italian wedding should cost around 30,000 euros.

Instead of a priest the ceremony is held by the best friend Laura. One after the other she calls friends who celebrate the couple in touching speeches. The handing over of the wedding rings is done by her lively bitch Selma. Strapped to her back, she is supposed to transport the rings once across the hall. In the past, a particularly liquid man from the village was chosen for this task, who then also supported the couple financially.

The pressure of money at the wedding is not only on the bride and groom. Also, all guests, relatives and witnesses must raise - from German view - enormous sums as gift to the bride and groom. And this in one of the poorest areas of Italy - in Palermo. During a city stroll through the capital, Andreas Korn investigates the economic situation of the poorhouse in Italy and asks the younger generation: "Who can afford a wedding here anyway?

But none of this can be felt at the couple's wedding. It is eaten like God in... Italy and celebrated as if there were no tomorrow. Perhaps precisely because Sicily is undergoing social, political and economic change.

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Chapters
▷ 0:00 - Intro
▷ 00:40 - Sicily | Getting Married (1/5)
▷ 25:46 - Credits

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Five weddings. Five completely different ways to celebrate them in Europe. And a presenter interested in getting married. Authentic, warm and humorous, this documentary series accompanies people before and during the supposedly most important day of their lives.

Every year more than two million Europeans say yes to each other. No wedding in Europe is the same as any other. Lived and loved European diversity.
The Finns in the far north marry unlike Turkish Cypriots, unlike Italians with southern European influences, unlike gay couples in Catholic Ireland, unlike folkloristic Bulgarians in the poorest country of the EU. What are the differences between the ceremonies? What is the most important thing about a wedding across cultures and countries? How do the preparations work? How to find the perfect wedding dress? What role does religion play? What goes wrong? And how does it feel to say yes to one's life?

Presenter and producer Andreas Korn come amazingly close to the wedding couples. He laughs, suffers, cries and celebrates with them. One of his favorite rituals: "I really liked how in Finland the bride and her best friends sweated out their ex-lovers in the sauna. And when she ran around the hut and shouted the names out loud to be free for marriage, I had to laugh a lot. A super ritual!”

And despite all the differences between weddings, one thing is the same everywhere: love. No matter who marries whom where in Europe.

Original title - Getting Married! Episode 1: Sicily
A film by Katrin Molnar, Michael Schmitt, Carmen Knothe & Andreas Korn

© 2019, Licensed by Autentic
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