What Will People Say

Released Jul 13, 2018

1h 46m

Drama

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Sixteen-year-old Nisha lives a double life. When out with her friends, she's a regular Norwegian teenager. At home with her family, she is the perfect Pakistani daughter. When her father catches her alone with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example and escape the judgment of their peers, Nisha's parents send her to live with her extended family in a small town in Pakistan. There, Nisha must adapt to a rigid culture that denies her the freedoms she once enjoyed.

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Critics Consensus

What Will People Say? argues that institutional sexism starts at home -- and the results can be as powerful as they are difficult to watch.

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Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

A real-life terror trip but with human ghouls and goblins.

Rated: A-

Aug 10, 2018

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Justin Chang

Los Angeles Times

The movie becomes something more than just another tale of cross-cultural, cross-generational misunderstanding: a harrowing drama of emotional abuse.

Aug 2, 2018

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Bob Mondello

NPR's All Things Considered

As the Norwegian snow gives way to sunbaked Pakistani desert on screen, you'll feel a tug between the awful and the artful

Jul 19, 2018

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Gisela Savdie

El Heraldo

There's no way out for these immigrant women, even after living in a western society [Full Review in Spanish]

Sep 19, 2020

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Jorge Ignacio Castillo

The Canadian Crew

Regardless of the number of setbacks Nisha must face, What Will People Say never feels like misery porn. In fact, it's gripping.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 28, 2020

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Catherine Capellaro

Isthmus (Madison, WI)

What Will People Say provides surprising moments of tenderness amid heart-pounding drama.

Nov 22, 2019

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nefasto r

Slow and not very coherent. The more terrible things happen to the protagonist, the less I cared, so something in the formula definitely did not work for me.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Chillingly accurate about growing up in a conservative brown family. Ending felt too open-ended, but the performances and story were great!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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I had the feeling that something was missing. Perhaps the story needed more time to unfold properly.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

Great sensitive movie about women lack of rights in Pakistan, and carry over to migrated countries.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

It's hard to watch this movie. But great film, full of emotions. Left me crying.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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a movie which is wonderfully showing the contrast between western and pakistanian cultures and the boyhood of each. the lead actress perfectly plays the role of a misfortunate adolescenct, torn between two identites and discovering her sexuality. beautifuly directed and photographed, this movie really gets underneath the crowds skin, showing darker sides of eastern family loyalty and respect.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Iram Haq

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Maria Mozhdah

Nisha

Adil Hussain

Mirza

Ekavali Khanna

Mother Najma

Rohit Saraf

Amir

Ali Arfan

Asif

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Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Nisha lives a double life. When out with her friends, she's a regular Norwegian teenager. At home with her family, she is the perfect Pakistani daughter. When her father catches her alone with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example and escape the judgment of their peers, Nisha's parents send her to live with her extended family in a small town in Pakistan. There, Nisha must adapt to a rigid culture that denies her the freedoms she once enjoyed.

Director: Iram Haq
Producer: Axel Helgeland
Screenwriter: Iram Haq
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Mer Film, Zentropa International Sweden, Rohfilm Factory GmbH
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Norwegian
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 9, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.6K
Runtime: 1h 46m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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