Film ticket: € 7,50
Film & food: € 18,50
Dinner from 19:30
Film starts at 22:00
Paviljoen aan het Water, Brielselaan 157, Rotterdam.
Bar Bahar (2016)
Maysaloun Hamoud • 106 minutes • Paviljoen aan het Water
Besties and roomies Laila and Salma drink most of their friends under the table. Laila is a fierce attorney, chain smoker, megaflirt and part-time raver. Salma is queer, DJ and reluctantly working extra hours in a restaurant. They live a ‘sex, drugs and rock n roll’ lifestyle – wild at times but also painful. The reason? They belong to a marginalized group of Palestinian women in Tel Aviv.
The unexpected arrival of the more traditional Nour who’s devoted to finishing her computer science studies and becoming a bride according to Muslim standards seems to disrupt the two.
Three completely different personalities who share the same values: being women with ambitions in a place where it’s not always appreciated.
In Tel Aviv these women really exist, we just never heard from them until Maysaloun Hamoud directed Bar Bahar and gave them a voice through the characters of Laila, Salma, and Nour. Suppression is out on the street on a daily base and so is their strength to fight and not give up.
