A discontented Muslim housewife struggles to keep up appearances while hosting her daughter's engagement party, as her private turmoil threatens to unravel.
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The film intimately portrays the wife's internal conflict, revealing how she hides her unhappiness through a private routine of solitary activities like listening to language tapes and discreetly drinking vodka.
Filmmaker Zayn Alexandre masterfully sets the mood, with a cold, muted color palette that puts the viewer directly in the wife's shoes, experiencing her every roiling emotion and struggle to maintain composure.
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Zayn Alexandre, Ghada Basma, Becky, Saint Rose, Saint Rose