NORAH

By Tawfik ALZAIDI

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Drama - Completed 2024

Nader, a new schoolteacher and an artist in secret, arrives at the village and meets Norah, a young woman who ignites the creativity inside him and inspires him to paint again.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2024
Un Certain Regard
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Drama, First film, Social issues
    • Countries
    • SAUDI ARABIA
    • Languages
    • ARABIC
    • Duration
    • 95 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Tawfik ALZAIDI
    • Synopsis
    • Set in a small remote Saudi Arabian village, in the 90s when artistic expression was banned, NORAH is a story about the basic human need to communicate through art, in all its forms. Nader, a new schoolteacher and an artist in secret, arrives at the village and meets Norah, a young woman who ignites the creativity inside him and inspires him to paint again. At great risk, they develop a delicate connection and a quiet bond. Nader enlightens Norah on the wider world outside of her tiny community and she realises she must leave, to find a place where she can be free to express her artistic self.