Thursday, October 30, 2014

Wadjda

Wadjda (Haifaa Al-Mansour, 2012)
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Rating: Q=6, P=6 / Average OJ
Scale 1=3, Scale 2=3, Scale 3=3, Scale 4=3

Saudi, Feminism/Equality, Coming of Age, Drama

This is a beautiful film about freedom, about growing up and being yourself. As the film went along, I found myself feeling steadily more uncomfortable with what I was viewing--but a good kind of uncomfortable. This film is challenging. It is hard for me, a woman who grew up privileged and encouraged to be true to myself, to see a young person growing up in a culture so restrictive. Cultural difference, religious difference...it is very important to think about.

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