Inshallah a Boy (HKIFF48)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
2 Apr 2024 (Tue)
Category
--- (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
113 Minutes
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
Chinese and English
Director
Amjad Al Rasheed
Cast
Mouna Hawa, Haitham Alomari, Yumna Marwan, Salwa Nakkara
Synopsis
After her husband dies suddenly, without leaving a will, Nawal risks losing her home and her daughter’s guardianship to her brother-in-law, because local laws only allow male heirs to inherit assets automatically. In desperation, Nawal makes up a lie that snowballs into disaster. Amjad Al Rasheed’s impressive debut is an intricately structured morality play told with the suspense of a psychological thriller. It is a searing film, seething with anger at a society in which women of all social classes lack the agency to take control of their own lives.
After her husband dies suddenly, without leaving a will, Nawal risks losing her home and her daughter’s guardianship to her brother-in-law, because local laws only allow male heirs to inherit assets automatically. In desperation, Nawal makes up a lie that snowballs into disaster. Amjad Al Rasheed’s impressive debut is an intricately structured morality play told with the suspense of a psychological thriller. It is a searing film, seething with anger at a society in which women of all social classes lack the agency to take control of their own lives.
