Hala

Hala

2019 · 93 min · EN · R · 6.3 (88 votes)
Dir. Minhal Baig · Starring Geraldine Viswanathan, Jack Kilmer, Gabriel Luna, Purbi Joshi, Hatta Azad Khan, Taylor Marie Blim · Music Mandy Hoffman

“Every journey begins where you come from.”

Drama

Seventeen-year-old Pakistani American teenager Hala struggles to balance desire with her family, cultural, and religious obligations. As she comes into her own, she grapples with a secret that threatens to unravel her family.

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A quiet, deeply personal journey of a young woman navigating the seismic shifts of adolescence. It feels like a whispered secret, a tender exploration of burgeoning independence against a backdrop of tradition and expectation.

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