Quickening (2021)
- Directed by
- Haya Waseem
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Pakistani Canadian university student tries to break free from her immigrant family's expectations. After a difficult breakup and her father losing his job, she starts experiencing symptoms of a false pregnancy.
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What happens
Quickening is a 2021 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Haya Waseem. Waseem's debut full-length feature, the film stars Arooj Azeem as Sheila, a young Pakistani Canadian woman navigating her freedom from the social expectations of her immigrant family after starting university. When Sheila loses her virginity, her boyfriend breaks up with her, followed by her father losing his job, the collective pressure causes her to suffer the physical and hormonal imbalances of a false pregnancy. Arooj Azeem's parents, mother Bushra Azeem and father Ashir Azeem, play her character's parents in the film, while Quinn Underwood plays the boyfriend, Eden. The film premiered in the Discovery program at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), with Arooj Azeem being named among TIFF's Share Her Journey Rising Stars Fellows for emerging actors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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