What Will People Say

What Will People Say

Sent to a country she's never known… she must risk everything to break free.

2017106 min7.3 / 10

A tense family drama about cultural collision and adolescent autonomy, where a girl's forced displacement becomes a crucible for identity and survival.

Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager. When her father catches her in bed with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example, Nisha's parents decide to kidnap her and place her with relatives in Pakistan. Here, in a country she has never been to before, Nisha is forced to adapt to her parents' culture.

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