Wadjda
| Score: | 8 / 10 |
| Released: | October 4, 2013 - Toronto; October 18 - Vancouver |
| Director: | Haifaa Al-Mansour |
| Producer: | Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul |
| Studio: | Mongrel Media |
| Cast: | Reem Abdullah, Waad Mohammed, Abdullrahman Al Gohani |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Length: | 98 minutes |
Wadjda Synopsis
Wadjda is a 10-year-old girl living in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Her world is very conservative, based on traditional values. However, the fun-loving, boundary-pushing young girl doesn’t let that stop her.
After getting in a fight with a neighborhood boy—whom she should not have been playing with in the first place—Wadjda spots a beautiful green bike for sale. Her mother refuses to buy her the bike because their culture sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. Wadjda does not take "no" for an answer and decides to try and raise the money to purchase the bike on her own.