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Synopsis: Wadjda (Arabic: وجدة‎‎) is a 2012 Saudi Arabian drama film, written and directed by Haifaa al-Mansour. It was the first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first feature-length film made by a female Saudi director. It won numerous awards at film festivals around the world. The film was selected as the Saudi Arabian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards (the first time the country made a submission for the Oscars, but it was not nominated.It successfully earned a nomination for Best
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 22 wins & 33 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
99%
PG
Year:
2012
98 min
$1,023,558
Website
2,724 Views


WAJDA:

(to herself)

I’ll get one and show you.

As she smooths out her veil, now too dirty to put back on,

she doesn’t see Abdullah glancing back with a pained, sorry

look.

11 EXT. INSIDE THE FRONT GATE OF THE SCHOOL - DAY 11

Wajda tries to blend in with the other girls and sneak in.

MS. HUSSA, (35), the pretty but stoic principal, stands

inside the wall that protects the privacy of the school

entrance.

A loud LAUGH comes from the gate as Fatin and Fatima enter.

Ms. Hussa moves towards them.

MS. HUSSA

All right girls, you are just

behind the gate, don't laugh so

loudly. Women's voices shouldn't

carry outside the door!

Fatin smiles and nudges Fatima. They giggle but act polite.

FATIMA:

Sorry, Ms. Hussa.

FATIN:

It won’t happen again.

Wajda seizes the opportunity to try to sneak past but-

9.

MS. HUSSA

Wajda!

Caught! Wajda stops, turns to face her.

MS. HUSSA (CONT’D)

(with malicious enjoyment)

Where is your head cover? Are you

coming to school unveiled?! And who

put those awful clips in your hair?

The girls all stop talking and giggle at her, except for

Fatin and Fatima who watch sympathetically.

Wajda looks down in frustration at her wet veil.

12 INT. SCHOOL INTERIOR COURTYARD - DAY 12

The midday sun burns directly above Wajda as she stands in

the corner of the schoolyard, punished.

13 EXT. THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS - DAY 13

Wajda's sneakers stand out from all the other girls in plain

black shoes, leaving school. Her eyes then catch colorful

majestic feet as a group of boys pedal by on their bicycles.

They kick up dust and laugh, gliding past. Wajda watches them

forlornly as they disappear around the corner.

Wajda continues walking, throwing the stone her Father gave

her at various targets. She misses a few times and then

finally hears a “Ping” as it hits its first mark: A SHINY

GREEN BICYCLE:

Somehow perched above the other side of a fence.

She stares at it, intrigued, for several seconds, as it seems

to float on the other side of the fence. She picks up her

black stone and entranced, her eyes follow this vision.

Suddenly it begins to move across the top of the fence, until

it comes to the end, where Wajda sees that it’s resting on

the top of a moving truck. Her heart locks on it and without

even thinking, she runs after the bicycle as it disappears

down the next block.

14 EXT. STREET IN FRONT OF THE TOY SHOP - DAY 14

Wajda’s feet race, her eyes like steel and she finally

catches up to the truck now parked in front of a toy shop.

10.

Men unload boxes and bicycles wrapped in plastic bags. She

cranes her neck. Where is the green one?

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Haifaa al-Mansour

Haifaa al-Mansour (Arabic: هيفاء المنصور‎‎; born 10 August 1974) is a film director from Saudi Arabia. She is one of the country's best-known and most controversial directors, and the first female Saudi filmmaker. more…

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