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Wadjda

Label
Wadjda
Language
ara
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
NRC
Main title
Wadjda
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
98
Summary
WADJDA is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. 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
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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Composer
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