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Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
In the sweltering Arabian Gulf heat Ananda’s dreams of a better life than the one she left behind in India are shattered after her child is forgotten on a school bus. Armed with the dead child’s ashes, she stands up against society’s ‘invisible’ caste, demanding accountability and refusing the customary blood money.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes57%
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
Key crew
- Wendy BednarzDirector
- Wendy BednarzWriter
- Cynthia ZavenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tannishtha ChatterjeeAnanda Ishwar
- Kinda AlloushMira
- Amit SialGagan Ishwar
- Aarushi LaudRavina Ishwar
- Kshethra MithunAnju Ishwar
- Zainab HasanTasneem Farooqi
- Dogana EssaAmal
- Mansoor AlfeeliMajor Abdullah
- Sam AkelPolice Officer
- Francesca BizzarriSchool Principle
- Martin J. CorradoAssistant Principal
- Jennifer Dabu LaraRosemary Torres