InterviewThe Bangladeshi actor, who plays the titular role in Iffk’s opening film ‘Rehana Maryam Noor’, speaks of her own life as a woman fighting patriarchy and how she relates to her character in the movie.CrisExcept for a twitch of her lips, you can hardly see Rehana smile through the film, named after her – Rehana Maryam Noor. She is mostly disturbed, angry or frustrated, and rarely pleasant even with her little daughter. Then you look at Azmeri Haque Badhon, walking down the lawn outside her hotel in Thiruvananthapuram, colourful and bursting with energy, “loud” in her own words – a stark contradiction to Rehana. How director Abdullah Mohammad Saad thought of her when he wrote Rehana’s story still surprises her, she says a day after the Bangladeshi feature was screened as the opening film at the 26th International Film Festival of Kerala (Iffk) in Thiruvananthapuram. She is overwhelmed by...
- 3/20/2022
- by Cris
- The News Minute
Female rage is powerfully distilled and expertly distributed in “Rehana Maryam Noor,” a riveting social drama about a female doctor who demands justice in a case of sexual assault at a Dhaka medical school. The second feature by Abdullah Mohammad Saad (“Live From Dhaka”) f Still going strong in local cinemas four weeks after its Nov. 12 release, this provocative portrait of a complex and increasingly unstable woman is Bangladesh’s Oscar submission, with an early 2022 U.S. theatrical release planned under the abbreviated title of “Rehana.”
The first Bangladeshi feature selected for Un Certain Regard at Cannes, “Rehana” has since notched significant festival mileage and picked up Best Actress and Grand Jury prizes at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Playing more and more like a thriller as events unfold, “Rehana” packs a seething “enough is enough” message into every twist of a snowballing tale that asks viewers to consider whether...
The first Bangladeshi feature selected for Un Certain Regard at Cannes, “Rehana” has since notched significant festival mileage and picked up Best Actress and Grand Jury prizes at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Playing more and more like a thriller as events unfold, “Rehana” packs a seething “enough is enough” message into every twist of a snowballing tale that asks viewers to consider whether...
- 12/8/2021
- by Richard Kuipers
- Variety Film + TV
The second feature from director Abdullah Mohammad Saad became the first Bangladeshi film to play at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. An intense feminist operating theatre of righteous sexist resistance focuses on one woman’s determination to bring an abusive Doctor to justice.
The handheld shot picture focuses on the title character Rehana (Azmeri Haque Badhon), adorning a white headscarf, this widower and single mother spends long arduous hours working at a medical college at the detriment not only to her mental health but also to the neglect of her stubborn yet adorable daughter Emu (Afia Jahin Jaima). She not only has to support her Mother and retired Father but her loving yet unemployed brother too, adding even more stress to her unravelling mind.
As a teaching assistant, Rehana is a strict disciplinarian, during an exam she reprimands one student for writing notes on a...
The handheld shot picture focuses on the title character Rehana (Azmeri Haque Badhon), adorning a white headscarf, this widower and single mother spends long arduous hours working at a medical college at the detriment not only to her mental health but also to the neglect of her stubborn yet adorable daughter Emu (Afia Jahin Jaima). She not only has to support her Mother and retired Father but her loving yet unemployed brother too, adding even more stress to her unravelling mind.
As a teaching assistant, Rehana is a strict disciplinarian, during an exam she reprimands one student for writing notes on a...
- 12/8/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
These are the submissions for the international film Oscar by country. The deadline for entries was Nov. 1. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced Dec. 21 and the nominations will come out Feb 8. The 94th Academy Awards will take place on March 27 at the Dolby Theatre. The Academy has not yet released a final list of entries; Variety compiled this list from individual country’s announcements.
Albania
Two Lions Heading to Venice
Dir. Jonid Jorji
Key cast: Vasjan Lami, Alessandra Bonarotta
Logline: A pair of filmmakers heading to the Venice festival are sidetracked from their destination after meeting two adult film actors.
Prodco: Bajo Films
Algeria
Heliopolis
Dir. Djaafar Gacem
Key cast: Souhila Mallem, Mehdi Ramdani, Cesar Duminil
Logline: True story of an uprising in the Algerian town of Guelma that was violently put down by the colonial French rulers.
Prodco: Hewes Pictures
Argentina
The Intruder
Dir. Natalia Meta
Key cast: Guillermo Arengo,...
Albania
Two Lions Heading to Venice
Dir. Jonid Jorji
Key cast: Vasjan Lami, Alessandra Bonarotta
Logline: A pair of filmmakers heading to the Venice festival are sidetracked from their destination after meeting two adult film actors.
Prodco: Bajo Films
Algeria
Heliopolis
Dir. Djaafar Gacem
Key cast: Souhila Mallem, Mehdi Ramdani, Cesar Duminil
Logline: True story of an uprising in the Algerian town of Guelma that was violently put down by the colonial French rulers.
Prodco: Hewes Pictures
Argentina
The Intruder
Dir. Natalia Meta
Key cast: Guillermo Arengo,...
- 11/11/2021
- by Shalini Dore
- Variety Film + TV
“Rehana Maryam Noor,” the second feature film from director Abdullah Mohammad Saad, the first Bangladesh film featured in Cannes, is both a dogged pursuit for justice and a sturdy character study. The titular character Dr. Rehana (Azmeri Haque Badhon), is an overworked Assistant Professor to Professor Arefin (Kazi Sami Hassan) in a modest medical college. A woman of scruples, she expels a student during an exam for writing notes on the back of her ruler, reigning over the classroom with an ironclad gaze that denotes her obsession with upright morals.
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The stern teacher, a Bangledesh widow and single mother to a daughter in first grade, Emu (Afia Jahin Jaima), desperately works to balance her job with her parenting responsibilities.
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The stern teacher, a Bangledesh widow and single mother to a daughter in first grade, Emu (Afia Jahin Jaima), desperately works to balance her job with her parenting responsibilities.
Continue reading ‘Rehana Maryam Noor’: Obsession And Sexism Make For A Sharp Character Study [Cannes Review] at The Playlist.
- 7/8/2021
- by Robert Daniels
- The Playlist
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