Saad’s is a bleak film, as claustrophobic and oppressive as the unyielding blue that smothers each frame, and brave enough not to sacrifice honesty on the altar of catharsis.
Rehana Maryam Noor(রেহানা মরিয়ম নূর)
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Bangladesh, Singapore, Qatar · 2021
1h 47m
Director Abdullah Mohammad Saad
Starring Azmeri Haque Badhon, Afia Jahin Jaima, Kazi Sami Hassan, Afia Tabassum Born
Genre Drama
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37-year-old Rehana is an assistant professor at a medical college. One night, she witnesses a sexual assault on campus. Meanwhile, she receives a complaint about aggressive behavior against her 6-year-old daughter. As her life starts to spiral out of control, Rehana embarks on a journey to seek justice for her student and her daughter.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young
Saad has an absolutely sure hand in directing Badhon and guiding her into higher octaves of the role as the drama grows and grows.
Screen Daily by Jonathan Romney
The film derives a magnetic continuity, and an unsettling range of dynamics, from Haque Badhon’s performance
The Playlist by Robert Daniels
Saad’s sharp psychological character study doesn’t provide the cathartic ending audiences might crave. The perspective is too cold, too ambiguous to give such easy answers. The film, instead, serves as a showcase for Badhon and a platform to examine the limits of unbendable ethics in a sexist culture.
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