Synopsis
Elaha, who was born and raised in Germany, is part of a tight-knit German-Kurdish community. Her mother is adamant that she would rather her daughter was dead than deflowered, which is a problem for Elaha in advance of her marriage to a handsome, charming but deeply conservative Kurdish man. She finds a confidante elsewhere, in her serene and heavily pregnant teacher (Hadnet Tesfai), who suggests that questions of “honour” are less important than the fundamental issue: “Are you the woman you want to be?”
A brave but very watchable film with an assured and compelling central performance from Bayan Layla; it does what all good films do, successfully transports us into someone else’s life.
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Location
Hurst Village Cinema, Players Theatre, 147 High Street, Hurstpierpoint, BN6 9PU
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