Haifaa Al Mansour's coming-of-age drama is produced by Berlin-based Razor Film, whose credits include “Waltz With Bashir” and "Paradise Now." By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Haifaa wrote and ...
Sony Pictures Classics is handling the U.S. release of the film, the first Saudi feature made by a female director. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief BERLIN – Wadjda, the first film made in ...
A simple story told with economy, "Wadjda" is a notable example of old-school, humanistic filmmaking. It's also genuinely groundbreaking: the first feature shot in Saudi Arabia, and the first film ...
Waad Mohammed as Wadjda Photo by Tobias Kownatzki (c) Razor Film (Sony Picture Classics) The 10-year-old title character of "Wadjda" (Waad Mohammed) is something of a nonconformist. She wears lace-up ...
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USA TODAY review%3A ***%BD out of 4 Stars%3A Waad Mohammed%2C Reem Abdullah%2C Sultan Al Assaf%2C Abdullrahman Al Gohani Rated PG%3B runtime%3A 1 hour%2C 38 minutes%3B opens Friday in select cities A ...
There is a bittersweet Iranian film called “The Day I Became a Woman,” which tells three stories through the eyes of Persian women. One is an elder who squanders her life savings on a shopping trip.
The production lost two days to sandstorms. The crew faced a last-minute scramble when the nervous owner of a mall changed his mind about allowing filming there. Some days locals chased the cameras ...
Drama. Written and directed by Haifaa Al Mansour. With Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Ahd, Sultan Al Assaf, Abdullrahman Al Gohani. In Arabic with English subtitles. (Rated PG. 97 minutes.) A simple ...
Waad Mohammed stars in 'Wadjda,' a Saudi Arabian movie about a 10-year-old girl who dreams of owning a shiny, new bike -- despite the fact that all the adults in her life say it will ruin her virtue. ...
Haifaa Al-Mansour, the first-ever female Saudi Arabian film director, has brought another “first” to our screens: “Wadjda”, a movie shot exclusively on Saudi Arabian soil, featuring the everyday life ...
A simple story told with economy, "Wadjda" is a notable example of old-school, humanistic filmmaking. It's also genuinely groundbreaking: the first feature shot in Saudi Arabia, and the first film ...