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Scales (2020)
Directed by Shahad Ameen
“Bound by tradition. Controlled by no one.”
Fantasy, Drama · 1h 14m
Hayat, a 12-year-old strong-willed girl, lives in a poor fishing village governed by dark tradition, in which every family must give away a daughter to the sea creatures who inhabit the waters near by. In turn, the sea creatures are hunted by the men of the village. Saved from this ordeal by her father, Hayat is outcasted by her village and considered a curse. But Hayat never surrenders. When Hayat’s mother gives birth to her new-born brother, Hayat must accept the brutal custom by sacrificing herself to these creatures or find a way to escape.
Cast
Ashraf Barhoum
Amer
B
Basima Hajjar
Hayat
F
Fatima Al Taei
Aisha
H
Haifa Al-Agha
Sumaya
H
Hafssa Faisal
Fatama
A
Abdulaziz Shtian
Yasser
Ibrahim Alhasawi
Saada
R
Rida Ismail
Hakeem
A
Ali Abdallah Al Kamzari
Salim
F
Fathi Ahmad Al Kamzari
Khaled
M
Mohammed Tareq Al Shehhi
Shareef
W
Walid Khalid Dawood
Hassan
Crew
- Director
- Shahad Ameen
- Writer
- Shahad Ameen
- Director of Photography
- João Ribeiro
- Editor
- Ali Salloum, Ewa J. Lind, Shahnaz Dulaimy
- Producer
- Ben Ross, Paul Miller, Mohamed Al Daradji
Details
- Original title
- سيدة البحر
- Release date
- 2020-11-12
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- Iraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
- Production
- Culture China - Image Nation Abu Dhabi Fund, Iraqi Independent Film Central, Escape Pictures, Film Solution, The Immaginarium Films