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About the Film
Nadia, a nightclub worker, discovers that she is pregnant, so she decides to keep her pregnancy after knowing it’s her last chance to conceive, losing her job and accommodation for violating the club’s rules. She wears modest clothing, rents a room in the apartment of divorced tailor KHALED, then starts working in sales and searches for a husband so her baby bears his name.
IMAD, Khaled’s son, coming out of prison, discovers his room is rented to Nadia, so he lives with his mother. Nadia rents a taxi so Imad helps her with her transportation to cosmetics stores. Provoked by Imad, neighbors protest Nadia’s living with Khalid, so he leaves the apartment and lives in the guard’s room in the sewing factory where he works as a cleaner.
Nadia finds a potential husband, but he requires a medical test, so she leaves him and loses her successful job with him. Imad becomes suspicious of Nadia’s behavior, so she asks him to end the work between them, and before Imad hands over the taxi. His old theft partners destroy it, so Nadia bears the heavy financial cost of repairing the taxi because it is rented under her name.
Nadia tries to return to work at the nightclub to pay the taxi repair cost, but she fails. She stops one of the cars and agrees to sleep with a guy. Due to a dispute between them, the guy hands Nadia over to the police. Ahmed discovers Nadia’s previous work and pregnancy, and things grow complicated between the three characters. Each tries to hide their past while searching for a better present.
Country(s): Jordan, Iraq, Sweden, Luxembourg, Norway
Production company: ME Films
Coproduction Company: Black Bird Film
Runtime: 90 min
Director Yahya Alabdallah
Yahya was born in Libya in 1978, raised in Saudi Arabia. A writer, director, and a literary critic with Masters in literature and Film from ECAIR Cinema School in Paris. His first feature The Last Friday 2011 was completed by winning Cinema in Motion at San Sebastian IFF. Special Jury award at Fribourg International film festival 2012. Special Jury Award, Best Music, and Best Actor at Dubai Film festival. An Official selection at Berlinale Film festival 2012. Winning best film at World Cinema Amsterdam IFF 2012.
Producer Huda Al-Kadhimi
Huda Al-Kadhimi is the founder of Ishtar Iraq Film Production, which specializes in international co-productions and filming in Iraq and Jordan. Her films include MOSUL 980 (Berlinale) and most recently HANGING GARDENS (Venice), was the first Iraq film at Orizzonti Extra 2022. Huda began her career in filmmaking through the Jordan Royal Film Commission and Iraqi Independent Film Center – Baghdad workshops from 2006-2017. Later, Huda built her physical production experience working as an Assistant Director and Line Producer on features such as THE JOURNEY (Amazon Prime) by Mohamed Al-Daradji, and HAIFA STREET (Netflix) by Mohanad Hayal and OUR RIVE…OUR SKY by Maysoon Pachachi (Netflix).
Coproducer Shaker K. Tahrer
Shaker K. Tahrer has previously written, directed and produced the following short films: My father does not cry and Soccer player at midnight and worked with well-known Swedish actors. Soccer player at midnight have competed in several major European festivals. Shaker’s latest film is the feature film Bloody Boys, which premiered in Sweden in April 2012. Shaker wrote the film music/script, directed, and produced and has competed and appeared at several major film festivals around the world. Shaker K Tahrer is also a writer and has written short stories and theatrical reviews. Shaker is educated at the University of Baghdad in Iraq with a major in literature. He has also studied directing at the Gothenburg School of Motion Picture Arts and Film Music/Screenplay Composition at Film i VÄST in Trollhättan.