Directed by:
Minhal BaigScreenplay:
Minhal BaigCinematography:
Carolina CostaComposer:
Mandy HoffmanCast:
Geraldine Viswanathan, Jack Kilmer, Gabriel Luna, Anna Chlumsky, Sam Straley, Raven Whitley, Taylor Marie Blim, Charin Alvarez, Birgundi BakerVOD (1)
Plots(1)
Hala is her father’s pride and joy. Dutiful and academically gifted, she skillfully navigates both her social life as a teen in Chicago and her obligations as an only child to Pakistani immigrants. With high-school graduation looming, however, Hala is bursting with sexual desire. When she meets Jesse, a classmate who shares her love for poetry and skateboarding, their romance is complicated by her Muslim faith and a father who is prepared to arrange her marriage according to their family’s cultural tradition. As Hala begins to challenge these customs, her parents’ own lives start to unravel, testing the power of Hala’s flourishing voice. (Sundance Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Geraldine Viswanathan
Australia
Best movies:
EMO the Musical (2016)
Bad Education (2019)
Hala (2019)
Jack Kilmer
USA
Best movies:
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
The Nice Guys (2016)
Lords of Chaos (2018)
Gabriel Luna
USA
Best movies:
Harley and the Davidsons (2016) (series)
Temple Grandin (2010) (TV movie)
Freeheld (2015)
Anna Chlumsky
USA
Best movies:
My Girl (1991)
Uncle Buck (1989)
In the Loop (2009)
Sam Straley
Best movies:
Hala (2019)
Raven Whitley
Best movies:
Hala (2019)
Taylor Marie Blim
Best movies:
Hala (2019)
Charin Alvarez
Best movies:
Saint Frances (2019)
Chicago Overcoat (2009)
Were the World Mine (2008)
Birgundi Baker
USA
Best movies:
Hala (2019)
The Last Shift (2020)