An Experience That Cannot Be Described: Discussing the Movie "Holy Matrimony"

Just Plain Wrong

This week, the MennoBrarians chat about the movie "Holy Matrimony," a 1994 comedy movie starring Patricia Arquette and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In the movie, Patricia Arquette's character, Havanna, is unknowingly dragged into a Hutterite colony by her boyfriend Peter who she is forced to marry, and then after Peter dies in a car accident days later, she must marry Zeke, Peter's 12-year old brother per the rules of the colony. If you think that's weird, just wait til you hear us break down the rest of the plot!

We do a very detailed plot recap, and chat Hutterites (who, for the record, do not believe in Levirite marriage), state and county fairs, and what on earth this movie was trying to do.

You can find Holy Matrimony streaming on YouTube.

We also reference the podcast How Did This Get Made? that does an episode on Holy Matrimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLQbY4byIUo (or you can find wherever you get your podcasts).

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