Rehana

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Rehana

2021

1h 47m

Drama

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Rehana, an assistant professor at a medical college, strains to combine her complex roles as a teacher, doctor, sister, daughter, and mother. Keeping the balance between the demands of work and family life has become a daily struggle. One evening, she witnesses a crying student storming out of a professor's office. Deeply touched by this event and the actions leading up to it, Rehana's life starts to spiral out of control. She gradually descends into obsession, seeking retribution, just as she receives a complaint from the school about her six-year-old daughter's unusual behavior... Rehana refuses to accept the madness of the patriarchal society she lives in. She will put everything at stake to fight for justice -- for her student, her daughter, but also for herself.

Richard Kuipers

Variety

12/08/2021

Female rage is powerfully distilled and expertly distributed in "Rehana Maryam Noor," a riveting social drama about a female doctor who demands justice in a case of sexual assault at a Dhaka medical school.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

07/12/2021

A fascinating study in how we define allyship and how easy it is for bad men to continue unchecked.

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Jonathan Romney

Screen International

07/12/2021

A moral dilemma, and one woman's emotional turmoil, are explored with a directorial style that grips like steel in Abdullah Mohammad Saad's Bangladeshi drama Rehana.

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

12/30/2021

7/10

"Rehana Maryam Noor" is an excellent film, realistic and pragmatic in the most pointed way, but also rather entertaining in its thriller premises. Essentially, one of the best films of the year.

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Zehra Phelan

HeyUGuys

12/08/2021

4/5

This is a timely, outspoken entry that deserves to be heard, Saad draws out the drama to an uncertain strength that just keeps you guessing.

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Chloe Walker

Paste Magazine

10/13/2021

8.0/10

Saad's is a bleak film, as claustrophobic and oppressive as the unyielding blue that smothers each frame, and brave enough not to sacrifice honesty on the altar of catharsis.

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Rehana, an assistant professor at a medical college, strains to combine her complex roles as a teacher, doctor, sister, daughter, and mother. Keeping the balance between the demands of work and family life has become a daily struggle. One evening, she witnesses a crying student storming out of a professor's office. Deeply touched by this event and the actions leading up to it, Rehana's life starts to spiral out of control. She gradually descends into obsession, seeking retribution, just as she receives a complaint from the school about her six-year-old daughter's unusual behavior... Rehana refuses to accept the madness of the patriarchal society she lives in. She will put everything at stake to fight for justice -- for her student, her daughter, but also for herself.

Director: Abdullah Mohammad Saad
Producer: Jeremy Chua
Screenwriter: Abdullah Mohammad Saad
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Bangla
Runtime: 1h 47m