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Saudi Runaway

Documentaire
    Réalisé par Susanne Regina Meures • Écrit par Susanne Regina Meures
    Suisse • 2020 • 88 minutes • Couleur
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  • N° ISAN :
    ISAN 0000-0005-8F4A-0000-9-0000-0000-A
Résumé

Muna est une jeune femme intrépide d'Arabie Saoudite. Elle est fatiguée d'être contrôlée par l'État et patronisée par sa famille. Son mariage arrangé est imminent et une vie sans droits et sans liberté de volonté semble inévitable. Muna commence à filmer. Elle documente la vie quotidienne étouffante et sa fuite planifiée. Le film montre des images sans précédent de l'intérieur du patriarcat le plus répressif du monde.

Using her smartphone camera, a young woman invites us into her world and her life behind closed doors, a veil and the façade of a respectable family. Muna’s life is determined by her father and a much-mentioned future husband. Realising that her passport is about to expire and that neither of these men will agree to an extension, she plots her escape from Saudi Arabia.
Moments of pure joie de vivre - such as Muna’s unbounded excitement at the spectacle of a rare cloudburst - are in stark contrast to her oppressive situation. Disregarding the risks involved, she secretly records the ups and downs of her everyday life: the murky view of the world she sees through her veil; the uninhibitedness of women among themselves; the creeping dread of the inexorably approaching forced wedding; as well as moments of communality during Muslim holidays.
Using her smartphone camera, a young woman invites us into her world and her life behind closed doors, a veil and the façade of a respectable family. Muna’s life is determined by her father and a much-mentioned future husband. Realising that her passport is about to expire and that neither of these men will agree to an extension, she plots her escape from Saudi Arabia.
Moments of pure joie de vivre - such as Muna’s unbounded excitement at the spectacle of a rare cloudburst - are in stark contrast to her oppressive situation. Disregarding the risks involved, she secretly records the ups and downs of her everyday life: the murky view of the world she sees through her veil; the uninhibitedness of women among themselves; the creeping dread of the inexorably approaching forced wedding; as well as moments of communality during Muslim holidays.

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