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What Will People Say

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Sixteen-year-old Nisha lives a double life. When out with her friends, she's a regular Norwegian teenager. At home with her family, she is the perfect Pakistani daughter. When her father catches her alone with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example and escape the judgment of their peers, Nisha's parents send her to live with her extended family in a small town in Pakistan. There, Nisha must adapt to a rigid culture that denies her the freedoms she once enjoyed.

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What Will People Say? argues that institutional sexism starts at home -- and the results can be as powerful as they are difficult to watch.

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Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor 08/10/2018
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A real-life terror trip but with human ghouls and goblins. Go to Full Review Justin Chang Los Angeles Times 08/02/2018
The movie becomes something more than just another tale of cross-cultural, cross-generational misunderstanding: a harrowing drama of emotional abuse. Go to Full Review April Wolfe Village Voice 07/14/2018
The quiet psychological terror and the simple, blunt manner in which it was shown stole my breath. Go to Full Review Gisela Savdie El Heraldo 09/19/2020
There's no way out for these immigrant women, even after living in a western society [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Jorge Ignacio Castillo The Canadian Crew 01/28/2020
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Regardless of the number of setbacks Nisha must face, What Will People Say never feels like misery porn. In fact, it's gripping. Go to Full Review Catherine Capellaro Isthmus (Madison, WI) 11/22/2019
What Will People Say provides surprising moments of tenderness amid heart-pounding drama. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Rony K @RT89534484 02/21/2025 Made be depressed for a bit but highly recommend it. I feel like the ending should've been more clear like there's no guarantee Nisha didn't come back home the next day. See more nefasto r @Nefasto 04/14/2020 Slow and not very coherent. The more terrible things happen to the protagonist, the less I cared, so something in the formula definitely did not work for me. See more 08/20/2019 Chillingly accurate about growing up in a conservative brown family. Ending felt too open-ended, but the performances and story were great! See more 08/16/2019 I had the feeling that something was missing. Perhaps the story needed more time to unfold properly. See more 02/05/2019 Great sensitive movie about women lack of rights in Pakistan, and carry over to migrated countries. See more 12/21/2018 It's hard to watch this movie. But great film, full of emotions. Left me crying. See more Read all reviews
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Iram Haq

Director

Maria Mozhdah

Nisha

Adil Hussain

Mirza

Ekavali Khanna

Mother Najma

Rohit Saraf

Amir

Ali Arfan

Asif

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Synopsis Sixteen-year-old Nisha lives a double life. When out with her friends, she's a regular Norwegian teenager. At home with her family, she is the perfect Pakistani daughter. When her father catches her alone with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example and escape the judgment of their peers, Nisha's parents send her to live with her extended family in a small town in Pakistan. There, Nisha must adapt to a rigid culture that denies her the freedoms she once enjoyed.
Director
Iram Haq
Producer
Maria Ekerhovd
Screenwriter
Iram Haq
Distributor
Kino Lorber
Production Co
Mer Film, Zentropa International Sweden, Rohfilm Factory GmbH
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Norwegian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 13, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 9, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$40.6K
Runtime
1h 46m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)