Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Barely. Less violent than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Elaha end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Elaha easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Elaha

Name: Elaha
Genre: Drama
Released: 2023
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Bayan Layla, Armin Wahedi Yeganeh, Derya Durmaz, Derya Dilber, Cansu Leyan

Directed by Milena Aboyan

Produced by Kinescope Film, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

2023110 min6.3 / 10

A tense, intimate examination of a young Kurdish woman's struggle against patriarchal expectations around virginity, sexuality, and autonomy within marriage.

Elaha, 22, believes she must restore her supposed innocence before she weds. A surgeon could reconstruct her hymen but she cannot afford such an operation. She asks herself: why does she have to be a virgin anyway, and for whom?

Clusters

Faith and Doubt Stories Conscience Against the System Coping With Loss Doing Right In Disaster Gender and Sexual Identity

Genres

Drama

Keywords

Marriage Patriarch Kurdish Sexual Liberation Virginity Women

Questions people ask

Is Elaha sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is Elaha violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is Elaha scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Does Elaha end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Elaha easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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