Watch the trailer for Scales, a visually stunning feminist parable set in a dystopian landscape by Saudi Arabian filmmaker Shahad Ameen.
SCALES (Sayidat Al Bahr) (2019)
SCALES (Sayidat Al Bahr) (2019)
NAME OF FILM: SCALES
DIRECTOR(S): Shahad Ameen
STARRING: Ashraf Barhom, Basima Hajjar, Fatima Al Taei
GENRE: Thriller Film
SYNOPSIS: 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.