WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY

HVA VIL FOLK SI

By Iram HAQ

NORDMEDIA FILM- UND MEDIENGESELLSCHAFT NIEDERSACHSEN/BREMEN GMBH - as FIN

Drama - Completed 2017

An emotional and topical story about love, social control and a young girl finding her own way between Norway and Pakistan.

Festivals
& Awards

AFI FEST 2017
New Auteurs
Ventana Sur 2017
European Cinema
Rotterdam IFF 2018
Voices
Berlin European Film Market (EFM) 2018
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • NORWAY, GERMANY, SWEDEN, INDIA
    • Languages
    • NORWEGIAN, URDU
    • Duration
    • 106 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Iram HAQ
    • Writer(s)
    • Iram HAQ
    • Producer(s)
    • Maria EKERHOVD (MER FILM DISTRIBUSJON)
    • Synopsis
    • Fifteen-year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home in Oslo, she obeys the traditions and values of Pakistani family life, but outside with her friends she is just like any other Norwegian teenager. One day, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide when her father catches her in bed with her white, Norwegian boyfriend.
      Nisha is kidnapped by her parents and sent to live in Pakistan. At first, Nisha feels alone and afraid in the strange, new land, but then slowly, she starts to discover her parents' culture in a new way.