Hala
- Original title
- Hala
- Year
- 2019
- Running time
- 94 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Geraldine Viswanathan
- Jack Kilmer
- Gabriel Luna
- Purbi Joshi
- Azad Khan
- Anna Chlumsky
- Jimmy Chung
- Charin Alvarez
- Sam Straley
- Ahmed Lucan
- Alka Nayyar
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Romance | Teen/coming-of-age. Skateboarding. Religion. Family Relationships
- Synopsis
- Hala is her father’s pride and joy. Dutiful and academically gifted, she skillfully navigates both her social life as a teen in Chicago and her obligations as an only child to Pakistani immigrants. With high-school graduation looming, however, Hala is bursting with sexual desire. When she meets Jesse, a classmate who shares her love for poetry and skateboarding, their romance is complicated by her Muslim faith and a father who is prepared to arrange her marriage according to their family’s cultural tradition. As Hala begins to challenge these customs, her parents’ own lives start to unravel, testing the power of Hala’s flourishing voice.
- Awards
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2019: Sundance Film Festival: U.S. Dramatic Competition
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