Completed - ENGLISH - Drama - 93 minutes
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Minhal BAIG
Hala is her father’s pride and joy. Dutiful and academically gifted, she skillfully navigates both her social life as a teen in Chicago and her obligations as an only child to Pakistani immigrants. With high-school graduation looming, however, Hala is bursting with sexual desire. When she meets Jesse, a white boy who shares her love for poetry and skateboarding, their romance is complicated by her Muslim faith and a father who is prepared to arrange her marriage according to tradition. As Hala begins to challenge her family’s customs, her parents’ own lives start to unravel, testing the power of Hala’s flourishing voice.
Country(ies) : USA
Sundance Film Festival 2019 U.S. Dramatic CompetitionToronto - TIFF 2019 Contemporary World Cinema