Where to Watch Wadjda (2012) in Canada

What it's about

WADJDA is a 10-year-old girl living in a suburb of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. After a fight with her friend Abdullah, a neighborhood boy she shouldn't be playing with, Wadjda sees a beautiful green bicycle for sale. She wants the bicycle desperately so that she can beat Abdullah in a race. But Wadjda's mother won't allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. So Wadjda decides to try and raise the money herself. At first, Wadjda's mother is too preoccupied with convincing her husband not to take a second wife to realize what's going on. And soon enough Wadjda's plans are thwarted when she is caught running various schemes at school. Just as she is losing hope of raising enough money, she hears of a cash prize for a Quran recitation competition at her school. She devotes herself to the memorization and recitation of Quranic verses, and her teachers begin to see Wadjda as a model pious girl. The competition isn't going to be easy, especially for a troublemaker like Wadjda, but she refuses to give in. She is determined to continue fighting for her dreams.

Cast and crew

Director

Haifaa Al-Mansour

Writer

Haifaa Al-Mansour

Starring

Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al Gohani

Details

Release date

May 16, 2013

Language

Arabic

Country

Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Germany, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, United States

Box office

$1,347,747

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award22 wins & 36 nominations total

Where to Watch Wadjda (2012) in Canada — common questions

Where to watch Wadjda in Canada?

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Can I stream Wadjda or do I have to rent it in Canada?

Rent the movie on Apple TV Store (HD), CosmoGo (HD), and Prime Video (HD).

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