WADJDA -- the first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first feature-length film directed by a Saudi woman -- tells the story of a young girl, Wadjda, who falls in love with a bicycle she sees in a store window but lives in a country where women are banned from freely riding bikes in public. When her mother refuses to buy it for her, Wadjda decides to raise the money herself through a variety of schemes that first get her labeled a troublemaker, but end up earning her the respect and admiration of her family, teachers, and peers. The simple story makes a perfect framework for al-Mansour to examine the challenges and societal pressures facing girls and women in one of the worlds most restrictive countries.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 08:47:51 +0000
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