Jada Pinkett Smith produced this coming-of-age film.
The movie opens with a voiceover of an Arabic prayer, and cuts to Hala masturbating in the bathtub. How did you handle shooting more sexually explicit scenes in a way that felt true to the character?
It’s interesting that you mention her relationship with her mom, because that part reminded me so much of Half of the dialogue is in Urdu. What other specific details were important for you to highlight in order to make the story feel authentic? “This was a complicated role, because it had to be someone who could convey quite a lot with very little. She had to project all these emotional layers and depths, and when Geraldine sent her tape in, it was immediately clear she had all of that. But also she had other things. She has a very natural charisma, she has levity, and a lightness in her spirit, which I hadn’t even conceived of when I was writing.
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