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Filmobiography
Born to Pakistani immigrants, 16-year-old Nisha is a Norwegian teenager. One day, her father, a stickler for tradition who fears being judged by others, finds her in her room with a boy. He decides to send her by force to Pakistan to be brought up by an aunt and uncle. Filmed in Europe and in Rajasthan, this autobiographical story had its world première at the Toronto Film Festival.
- Swiss Premiere
- Fiction
- Norway, Germany, Sweden, India |
- 2017 | 106 min. | Colour
- Language: Norwegian | Urdu
- Subtitles: Français | Deutsch
Cast & Crew
Screenplay
Iram Haq
Cinematography
Nadim Carlsen
Editing
Anne Østerud
Janus Billeskov Jansen
Music
Lorenz Dangel
Martin Pedersen
Sound
Michael Kaczmarek
Cast
Adil Hussain
Ekavali Khanna
Rohit Saraf
Nawabi Estanegzai
Maria Mojdeh
Production
Maria Ekerhovd
Production Company
Zentropa International Sweden
Print Contact
Praesens-Film AG
Dave Schnell
ds@praesens.com
Dave Schnell
ds@praesens.com
Iram Haq
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Norway, Pakistan, 1976
Norway, Pakistan, 1976
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2002 Actress: Borettslaget (TV Series, first of 6 roles)
2004 Screenwriter and actress: Trofast (short)
2009 Little Miss Eyeflap (short)
2013 I Am Yours (awarded at Les Arcs and Trondheim)
