What Will People Say
Toronto International Film Festival
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1h 46m
Directed by Iram Haq • Drama • 2018 • Norway, Sweden, Germany • Urdu, Norwegian with English subtitles
Starring Maria Mozhdah, Adil Hussain, Rohit Saraf
Sixteen-year-old Nisha lives a double life. When out with her friends, she's a regular Norwegian teenager. At home with her family, she is the perfect Pakistani daughter. But when her father catches her alone with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide and she is sent to live in a small town where she must adapt to a rigid culture that denies her the freedoms she once enjoyed.
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