Wadjda

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dustin d Wadjda does an admirable job showing how religion, modernity and gender roles clash while also balancing respect for the culture. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member جميل جدا قصة من الواقع في كل تفاصيلها Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Wadjda is a story that does brilliantly to lift this issue up to our faces, and allow us to see the world from Muslim women's eyes. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review William L Wadjda will probably be remembered more for its place in the development of a new international film industry than it will as an innovative film unto itself. One of the first Saudi films shot almost entirely domestically, and by a female director, Wadjda delivers a story that focuses on an independently-minded young girl in the suburbs of Riyadh that doesn't conform to the standards of Islamic orthodoxy, attempting to scrounge together cash to purchase a bike (which carries its own symbolism - a defiance of convention, an escape from conflicted domestic life, and a sense of independence), while her mother raises her independently as social influences pull her marriage apart. In all honesty, the plot is rather predictable, a somewhat conventional adolescent-rebel-against-the-system narrative, but it is ably adapted to a new environment that hasn't been touched upon before. Decent performances, and a depiction of a Middle Eastern suburb that doesn't often get depicted without craters and bullets. (3.5/5) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/07/21 Full Review georgan g Watching women in a different culture deal with their issues feels so intimate. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review filippo v Buon film, che presenta attraverso modalità molto sincere ed autentiche alcune tematiche leggermente scontate ma non trascurabili. Dal film emerge chiaramente il forte desiderio della sua regista, prima donna a dirigere un film in Arabia Saudita, a proporre una sorta di cambiamento sociale in un paese pieno di contraddizioni. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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