The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Shimu, 23, works in a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faced with difficult conditions at work, she decides to start a union with her co-workers. Despite threats from the management and disapproval of her husband, Shimu is determined to go on. Together the women must fight and find a way to register their union.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Rubaiyat HossainDirector
- Rubaiyat HossainWriter
- Philippe BarrièreWriter
- Tin SoheiliOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Reekita Nondine ShimuShimu
- Novera RahmanDaliya
- Parvin ParuMaya
- Mayabi RahmanTania
- Shahana GoswamiNasima
- Mostafa MonwarSohel
- Shatabdi WadudReza
- Momena ChowdhuryLabor Ministry Woman Officer
- Mita RahmanMoyna's Mother
- JoyraajGarment's Owner
- Samina LutfaFarzana
- Wahida Mollick JollyRahima
Stills
Themes
violence against womenbangladeshlabor unionwoman directorworkers unionwomen powerdhaka (dacca), bangladesh