High school age daughter, of Pakistani immigrant parents residing in Norway, is the fulcrum of cultural & religious prescripts concerning what behavior is acceptable for a young female. Daughter sneaks a male acquaintance into her bedroom in the family home (yes, dumb!). Dad catches them before it get's too involved. Like all conservative religions, notably Christian, Muslim, Jewish there are serious repercussions particularly for the loss of "face" & family honor within the community. Physicality as shown by the dad & others is a solution often found w/the less educated. The daughter is beaten then forced to leave school & live in Pakistan w/relatives where it continues. Death & forced marriage are presented as solutions. The only thing left out as possible solutions are acid disfigurements, and stoning. Her life's role, even expressed by female family members, is to have children, cook, obedience, and keep house.
So well acted I thought I was watching a documentary. Heart wrenching, but could have been even more so. To those who think what was shown is quite rare within specific religions & nations they should look at the statistics on female abuse.
Coincidentally today (Dec. '18), as I review this movie, on the BBC website was this story of the circumstances/outcomes surrounding a Pakistani marriage: "Did my children die because I married my cousin?"
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