Hijabsta Ballet

Hijabsta Ballet poster

Listed by Adler & Associates Entertainment

Genre drama

Original Language Malay

Duration 106 minutes

Runtime 106 minutes

Completion Year 2017

Project Status Completed

Project Type Feature Film

Sales Agent Adler & Associates Entertainment

Cast Puteh Maimun Zahrah, Betty Banafe, Aida Khalida, Aman Graseka, Maimun Puteh

Director Syed Zulkifli

Logline

Talented young dancer Adele lives and breathes ballet and is on her way to great success until a pivotal experience prompts her to make a life-changing and controversial decision.

Synopsis

Talented young dancer Adele lives and breathes ballet and is on her way to great success until a pivotal experience prompts her to make a life-changing and controversial decision. Adele takes the hijab, claiming she will become the first Muslim ballerina. Her mother is heartbroken, her friends are confused and both the ballet scene and the Muslim community reject her. Resolved to bring about change and acceptance, she sets out to find equilibrium between the two opposing worlds, but as word of her ambition spreads she faces serious threat from religious extremists.

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