Wadjda (2012)

Wadjda is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. After a fight with her friend Abdullah, a neighborhood boy she shouldn't be playing with, Wadjda sees a beautiful green bicycle for sale. She wants the bicycle desperately so that she can beat Abdullah in a race. But Wadjda's mother won't allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. So Wadjda decides to try and raise the money herself...

Genres

Drama

Wadjda (2012) 7.2 PG

Wadjda is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. After a fight with her friend Abdullah, a neighborhood boy she shouldn't be playing with, Wadjda sees a beautiful green bicycle for sale. She wants the bicycle desperately so that she can beat Abdullah in a race. But Wadjda's mother won't allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. So Wadjda decides to try and raise the money herself...

Genres

Drama

Top Billed Cast

Reem Abdullah
Waad Mohammed
Abdullrahman Algohani
Ahd
Sultan Al Assaf

Director

Haifaa Al-Mansour

Screenplay

Haifaa Al-Mansour

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Wadjda

Alternative Title	وجدة‎‎
Release Date	August 31, 2012
Original Language	Arabic
Runtime	98 min
Certification	PG
Popularity Index (TMDB)	5.39
Rating (TMDB)	7.20