Muslim teenager Hala copes with the unraveling of her family as she comes into her own.
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Minhal BaigWriter:
Minhal Baig (written for the screen by)
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2 nominations.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Geraldine Viswanathan | ... | Hala Masood | |
| Jack Kilmer | ... | Jesse / Hala's boyfriend | |
| Gabriel Luna | ... | Mr. Lawrence | |
| Purbi Joshi | ... | Eram / Hala's mother | |
| Azad Khan | ... | Zahid Masood | |
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Taylor Marie Blim | ... | Melanie (as Taylor Blim) |
| Anna Chlumsky | ... | Shannon Taylor | |
| Charin Alvarez | ... | Principal | |
| Sam Straley | ... | Evan | |
| Sonny Bhatt | ... | Arash | |
| Ahmed Lucan | ... | Mahmoud | |
| Alka Nayyar | ... | Hina | |
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Raven Whitley | ... | Lucy |
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Bianca Corral | ... | Sasha |
| Zayna Dib | ... | Joy | |
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Hala, a Pakistani-American teenager girl in her final year of high school is cautious with her words, but avidly curious with her eyes and ears. Floating in a limbo between two cultures, she's gently pulling back from her Muslim faith and tentatively testing her crush on Jesse, a tousled blond classmate with a sensitive soul. She's a fascinating paradox, at once subdued and adventurous: One moment, she's meekly enduring the affectionate nagging of her anxious mother Eram; the next, she's racing through their Chicago suburb on her skateboard. Written by New York Times
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teenage girl | family relationships | high school | religion | religious family |Genres:
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Written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz (as Faiz Ahmed), Buland Iqbal, and Noor Jehan
Performed by Noor Jehan
Courtesy of EMI Pakistan
By arrangement with The Royalty Network, Inc.
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Mujse Pehli Si MohabbatWritten by Faiz Ahmed Faiz (as Faiz Ahmed), Buland Iqbal, and Noor Jehan
Performed by Noor Jehan
Courtesy of EMI Pakistan
By arrangement with The Royalty Network, Inc.
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USARelease Date:
6 December 2019 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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While it is accurate for what it is like to be a teenage muslim girl it is rather mild. parents are usually much more strict than hers. however it still is a bit of an insight. anyone saying this is anti islamic must have some sort of agenda as it is not at all. however i don't think this movie shows anything new, is pretty tame and if anything pro islam. it is slow and somewhat dull. i can't really recommend it unless you have time to kill. it was a little shallow considering what they could have done with the subject matter.