Wadjda
Overview:
Wadjda is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. After a fight with her friend Abdullah, a neighborhood boy she shouldn't be playing with, Wadjda sees a beautiful green bicycle for sale. She wants the bicycle desperately so that she can beat Abdullah in a race. But Wadjda's mother won't allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. So Wadjda decides to try and raise the money herself...
Released: 2012-08-31
Genre:
Drama
Duration: 98
min
Production:
Dubai Entertainment and Media Organization,
Highlook Communications Group,
Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA),
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH,
ILB Investitionsbank desLandes Brandenburg,
Razor Film Produktion GmbH,
Abu Dhabi Film Commission,
Rotana Film Production,
FFA Filmförderungsanstalt
