Elaha (2023)
Facing societal pressure to restore her virginity before her upcoming wedding, a 22-year-old woman struggles to afford a hymen reconstruction operation while questioning the oppressive expectations placed upon her body.
- Date of release
- 2023-11-23
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (22)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Milena Aboyan
Casting
- Bayan Layla — Elaha
- Armin Wahedi Yeganeh — Nasim
- Derya Durmaz — Mother
- Derya Dilber — Shilan
- Cansu Leyan — Berivan
- Beritan Balcı — Dilan
- Slavko Popadic — Jusuf
- Nazmi Kırık — Father
- Réber Ibrahim — Sami
- Homa Faghiri — Nihal
- Hadnet Tesfai — Stella Zahaye
- Yasmin Mowafek — Leyla
Interesting facts
Elaha is a 2023 German drama film directed by Milena Aboyan in her feature-length debut. The film stars Bayan Layla as a young Kurdish-German woman confronting cultural expectations and personal freedom in the lead-up to her arranged marriage. Elaha premiered at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section.
Production
Elaha marks the feature debut of director and screenwriter Milena Aboyan. The film was produced by Kinescope Film GmbH and distributed in Germany by Camino Filmverleih.
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