Film

Wadjda

2012 · 1h 38m · Drama

I want you to be the happiest person in the world.

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

99%

Metacritic

81

An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Quran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.

Reem Abdullah

Mother

Waad Mohammed

Wadjda

Abdullrahman Algohani

Abdullah

Ahd Kamel

Ms. Hussa

Sultan Al Assaf

Father

Dana Abdullilah

Salma

Rehab Ahmed

Noura

Rafa Al Sanea

Fatima

Sara Aljaber

Leila

Noura Faisal

Abeer

Talal Loay

Abeer's Young Man

Sami Hazim

Abdullah's uncle

Mohammed Zahir

Iqbal - the driver

Nouf Saad

Koran Teacher

Faoziah Alyaaqop

Ms Jamilia

• Haifaa al-MansourScreenplay · Director
• Gerhard MeixnerProducer
• Roman PaulProducer
• Lutz ReitemeierDirector of Photography
• Max RichterOriginal Music Composer
• Andreas WodraschkeEditor

Official Trailer

Release date

December 6, 2012

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG

Revenue

$6,499,169

Genres

Drama

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