

Scales
Bound by tradition. Controlled by no one.
Hayat, a 12-year-old strong-willed girl, lives in a poor fishing village governed by dark tradition, in which every family must give away a daughter to the sea creatures who inhabit the waters near by. In turn, the sea creatures are hunted by the men of the village. Saved from this ordeal by her father, Hayat is outcasted by her village and considered a curse. But Hayat never surrenders. When Hayat’s mother gives birth to her new-born brother, Hayat must accept the brutal custom by sacrificing herself to these creatures or find a way to escape.
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- Released
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- Language
- Arabic
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Availability for United Arab Emirates. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.
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Release dates
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMA15+AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE: Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival21 Nov 2020
FranceFR
- Digital / OTTLes Journées Cinématographiques (estival Scope)10 Mar 2021
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice International Film Critics’ Week29 Aug 2019
Saudi ArabiaSA
- Theatrical12 Nov 2020
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Scales was released on 12 November 2020.
Audience reviews
1- S10/10
Simon Foster
10/6/2020
"Recalling Niki Caro’s Whale Rider in its melding of tribal mythologies and patriarchal defiance, Shahad Ameen’s Scales is an altogether darker fantasy work marked distinctive by its potent social relevance and chilling imagination..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2019/12/13/scales-sayidat-al-bahr.html
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