Directed by:
Stephan StrekerScreenplay:
Stephan StrekerCinematography:
Grimm VandekerckhoveComposer:
Federico JusidCast:
Lina El Arabi, Sébastien Houbani, Bábak Karímí, Olivier Gourmet, Neena Kulkarni, Alice de Lencquesaing, Zacharie Chasseriaud, Aurora Marion, Rania Mellouli (more)Plots(1)
A close-knit, loving Pakistani family living in Belgium is slowly torn apart when daughter (the mesmerizing Lina El Arabi) resists her traditionalist parents' decision to force her into an arranged marriage to a man back in their homeland. Eighteen-year-old Zahira-who, in the film's opening moments, is seen talking to a doctor about terminating her unplanned pregnancy-is not the conforming type: she's as much a Westernized teen as her best friend Aurore (Alice de Lencquesaing). But her father (Babak Karimi) and mother (Neena Kulkarn), though sympathetic, insist on adhering to conservative codes, a situation that can only lead to heartbreak... (Palm Springs International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Lina El Arabi
France
Best movies:
Eye on Juliet (2017)
A Wedding (2016)
Ne m'abandonne pas (2016) (TV movie)
Sébastien Houbani
Best movies:
All Three of Us (2015)
A Wedding (2016)
Switch (2011)
Bábak Karímí
Best movies:
A Separation (2011)
Quiet Chaos (2008)
The Salesman (2016)
Olivier Gourmet
Belgium
Best movies:
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
The Promise (1996)
Rosetta (1999)
Neena Kulkarni
Best movies:
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000)
She Smiles, She's Snared! (2014)
The Dilemma (2005)
Zacharie Chasseriaud
Best movies:
2 automnes 3 hivers (2013)
In the Name of the Son (2012)
Too Close to Our Son (2015)
Aurora Marion
Best movies:
Almayer's Folly (2011)
A Wedding (2016)
Rania Mellouli
Best movies:
Deux jours, une nuit (2014)
A Wedding (2016)
Harmandeep Palminder
Best movies:
A Wedding (2016)
Sandor Funtek
Best movies:
Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
The Story of My Wife (2021)
A Wedding (2016)
Édith Le Merdy
Best movies:
La Vie en rose (2007)
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (2002)
Happenstance (2000)
Fayçal Safi
Best movies:
L'Apôtre (2014)
Edmond (2018)
The Emperor of Paris (2018)
Hervé Sogne
Best movies:
An Affair of Love (1999)
SK1 (2014)
JCVD (2008)
Laurent Caron
Best movies:
The Kid with a Bike (2011)
Lorna's Silence (2008)
Deux jours, une nuit (2014)
Jérôme Varanfrain
Best movies:
Before the Winter Chill (2013)
JCVD (2008)
Two of Us (2019)
André Pasquasy
Best movies:
Lola (2019)
Kursk (2018)
Where Hands Touch (2018)