Scales (2019)
Sayyedat al-Bahr
Bound by tradition. Controlled by no one.
74 min
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.
- Release date
- September 2, 2019
- Country of origin
- Saudi Arabia
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Trailer
Cast
- Basima Hajjar as Hayat
- Haifa Al-Agha as Sumaya
- Ashraf Barhom as Amer
- Fatima Al Taei as Aisha
- Yagoub Alfarhan as Muthana
- Hafssa Faisal as Fatama
- Abdulaziz Shtian as Yaser
- Ibrahim Al-Hasawi as Saada
- Rida Ismail as Hakeem
- Ali Abdallah Al Kamzari as Salim
Crew
- Shahad Ameen · Director
- Shahad Ameen · Writer
- R. Paul Miller · Producer
- Rula Nasser · Producer
- Stephen Strachan · Producer
- Fabien Kourtzer · Composer
- Mike Kourtzer · Composer
- João Ribeiro · Cinematographer
- Shahnaz Dulaimy · Editor
- Ewa J. Lind · Editor
- Ali Salloum · Editor
- Martin Sullivan · Production designer