Pale red

  • Pale red
© Courtesy of CinemAfrica 2011, Stockholm
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2010
Format : Short
Running time : 15 (in minutes)

Shaima lives with her grandmother while her parents work abroad. She is torn between a strict religious upbringing and the teenage-girl's urge to explore her own developing womanhood. Her two worlds clash when she comes home from a shopping tour with clothes that are too colourful and revealing for her grandmother's taste.

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Tonåriga Shaima bor tillsammans med sin mormor eftersom föräldrarna arbetar utomlands. Hon slits mellan sin familjs stränga religiösa uppfostran och sin vilja att utforska sin egen kvinnlighet. De båda världarna möts när Shaima en dag kommer hem från en shoppingrunda med färgstarka och enligt mormodern alltför utmanande kläder.

Regissör: Mohammed Hammad

2010, Egypten, 15 min, Arabiska, engelsk text


Source: CinemAfrica 2011, Stockholm (Svensk_premier)
http://cinemafrica.se/sv/filmer/kortfilmer/222-pale-red

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