Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story

2009 · 134 min · AR · 6.8 (24 votes)
Dir. Yousry Nasrallah · Starring Mona Zaki, Hassan El Raddad, Mahmoud Hemida, Sawsan Badr, Mohamed Ramadan, Rehab El Gamal · Music Tamer Karawan
Drama

Heba is a TV presenter interested in broadcasting stories that touch on the everyday secret lives of women and the social injustices they face. Her frank style in broadcasting puts her husband's job and consequently her marriage in jeopardy.

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This film feels like a quiet, simmering rage. It's a tense, intimate look at a woman pushing boundaries in her personal and professional life, risking everything for her voice to be heard.

introspectivetensemelancholicurgentsteadysocial realismcharacter-drivendialogue-heavyfeminismsocial injusticemarriageidentity
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