The Paper Wedding

The Paper Wedding French Les noces de papier is a 1989 made for television Canadian film directed by Michel Brault, screenplay by Jefferson Lewis. It was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.

Claire is a teacher and lives alone. Her lover, Milosh, is married and their relationship is strained. Claires sister, Annie, a lawyer, has a problem. The visa of her client Pablo, a political refugee from Chile illegally working as a dishwasher in a restaurant, is about to expire. She asks Claire to marry him so he can remain in Canada. Claire relunctantly agrees. Before the modest civil ceremony can be concluded, immigration agents arrive, but everyone escapes.Claires mother is thrilled to arrange a big church wedding and reception instead. Afterwards, Claire and Pablo go their separate ways. But soon, immigration agents are back knowing whats going on and the two are forced to live together. There, Claire notices that Pablo who has fallen for herhas nightmares. When they get to know each other, Pablo tells Claire that he was a tortured political prisoner, among other things. ........

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