Ali

In a coastal town, women are not allowed to sing. A teenager joins a singing competition for a chance to move to the city, while hiding his true voice in a sinister way.

Adnan Al Rajeev’s eerie, atmospheric work unravels in a rural village transported into the realm of fable, in which lotus flowers drift on spectral lakes and a shroud of mist hangs above the landscape. This tender parable of gender expression in a repressive society is conveyed through a remarkable, singular vision.

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