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📅 2020 ⏱ 1h 14min Released FHD / 4K

Scales

سيدة البحر

"Bound by tradition. Controlled by no one."

FantasyDrama

Hayat, a 12-year-old strong-willed girl, lives in a poor fishing village governed by dark tradition, in which every family must give away a daughter to the sea creatures who inhabit the waters near by. In turn, the sea creatures are hunted by the men of the village. Saved from this ordeal by her father, Hayat is outcasted by her village and considered a curse. But Hayat never surrenders. When Hayat’s mother gives birth to her new-born brother, Hayat must accept the brutal custom by sacrificing herself to these creatures or find a way to escape.

🎬 DirectorShahad Ameen

📅 Release2020-11-12

🌍 CountryIraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

🗣 LanguageArabic

🏢 StudioCulture China - Image Nation Abu Dhabi Fund, Iraqi Independent Film Central, Escape Pictures

🗳 Votes6

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🎭 Cast

Ashraf Barhoum

Amer

Basima Hajjar

Hayat

Fatima Al Taei

Aisha

Haifa Al-Agha

Sumaya

Hafssa Faisal

Fatama

Abdulaziz Shtian

Yasser

Ibrahim Al-Hasawi

Saada

Rida Ismail

Hakeem

Ali Abdallah Al Kamzari

Salim

Fathi Ahmad Al Kamzari

Khaled

Mohammed Tareq Al Shehhi

Shareef

Walid Khalid Dawood

Hassan

Osama Suheil Al Zarafi

Iqbal

Mohannad Hassan Al Zohoury

Azeez

Seif Ibrahim Al Hamadi

Tareq

🎥 Crew

ProducerBen Ross

WriterShahad Ameen

DirectorShahad Ameen

EditorAli Salloum

EditorEwa J. Lind

EditorShahnaz Dulaimy

MusicMike Kourtzer

Costume DesignerHamada Atallah

ProducerMohamed Al Daradji

Art DirectionMartin Sullivan

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💬 Reviews

Simon Foster⭐ 10/10

"Recalling Niki Caro’s Whale Rider in its melding of tribal mythologies and patriarchal defiance, Shahad Ameen’s Scales is an altogether darker fantasy work marked distinctive by its potent social relevance and chilling imagination..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2019/12/13/scales-sayidat-al-bahr.html…