WHEN RED BLOOMS
Genre
Experimental
Running time
6 minutes
Year
2022
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Saudi Arabia
Director
Tala Alharbi
Bio
Producer
Madawi Alyahya
Cast
Raghad Bokhari
Scriptwriter
Tala Alharbi, Madawi Alyahya, Lujain Salaam, Natalie Al-Sarraj, Raghdaa Mubarak, Sam Al-Ashari
Winner of the Red Sea's 48-hour Filmmaking Challenge, Tala Alharbi’s film ventures into the mind of a girl who sets unrealistically high expectations of herself, leading to self-destructive behaviours and a morbid fixation on perfection.
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