Wadjda

Saudi Arabia, Germany

2012

100 Min

Color

Arabic

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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PROD Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul

CAST Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Algohani, Ahd Kamel

MUSIC Max Richter

Venice (Horizons), Telluride (Show), London (First Feature Competition), Rotterdam (Bright Future)

Synopsis

Hailed as the first film shot in contemporary Saudi Arabia (from the first female Saudi filmmaker), Wadjda tells the story of a young girl in a conservative town who dreams of having a bicycle, which is forbidden for girls.

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Enrico Gaudenzi

27Jan13

Il solito film sulla condizione della donna nei paesi arabi. La storia è raccontata dal punto di vista della piccola protagonista. Nessuna novità, nessuna eccellenza ma comunque piacevole, con un copione discreto. Vedibile

Yu La

4Jan13

Beautiful, strong message: a small gesture of emancipation in respect of own cultural stakes, narrated with onesty and without leaving from its social and cultural background. I point out that we cannot read these stories only through the focus of cultural limits (woman rights and so on..), we'd do a wrong to the director intentions.

amicinema

18Dec12

I nostri commenti qui: http://www.amicinema.it/2012/12/la-bicicletta-verde/

adam_cross

12Oct12

Wadjda was really wonderful, a great deal more uplifting and light-hearted than I thought it was going to be given the underlying issues that the film attempts to tackle; while ostensibly the film is essentially about a girl who wishes for a bicycle it becomes extremely clear that the bicycle itself is a metaphor for women's freedom and equality. Wadjda is well worth seeing if you have the opportunity.