"It is not a movie only for the women in Bangladesh. It is not a movie just for female workers. It is a movie for every woman in the world."
Bidita Zaman - High On Films
TFL Awards
TFL Audience Design Fund 2018 (€ 40.000)
consultancy with TFL experts Emanuela Barbano and Clara Miranda Scherffig - Paris, July 2019
The TFL Funds are supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union
festivals & awards
Contemporary World Cinema, Toronto International Film Festival 2019
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.
info
genre
Drama
country
France, Bangladesh, Denmark, Portugal
running time
90’
produced by
Les Films de l’Après-Midi – France
Khona Talkies – Bangladesh
in co-production with
Beofilm – Denmark
Midas Filmes – Portugal
directed by
Rubaiyat Hossain
written by
Rubaiyat Hossain, Philippe Barrière
sales
Pyramide International
