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Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager. When her father catches her in bed with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example, Nisha's parents decide to kidnap her and place her with relatives in Pakistan. Here, in a country she has never been to before, Nisha is forced to adapt to her parents' culture.

Keywords

  • Arthouse
  • Arthouse Highlights
  • Award Winning
  • Love
  • Politics: Human Rights
  • Screen: Scandinavia
  • Coming of Age
  • conflict
  • cultural differences
  • family
  • immigration
  • religion
  • resistance
  • social drama
  • women
  • youth

Actors

  • Maria Mozhdah
  • Adil Hussain
  • Rohit Saraf
  • Ekavali Khanna
  • Ali Arfan
  • Sheeba Chaddha
  • Lalit Parimoo
  • Jannat Zubair Rehmani
  • Isak Lie Harr
  • Nokokure Dahl

Director

  • Iram Haq

Drama


1h 42min


12 FSK

UR


DE

Norway
2017
Norwegian-Pakistani teen Nisha is torn between two worlds until the worlds colide.

Norwegian-Pakistani teen Nisha is torn between two worlds until the worlds colide.


Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager.


When her father catches her in bed with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example, Nisha's parents decide to kidnap her and place her with relatives in Pakistan. Here, in a country she has never been to before, Nisha is forced to adapt to her parents' culture.

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