Movie
Hala
Overview
Seventeen-year-old Pakistani American teenager Hala struggles to balance desire with her family, cultural, and religious obligations. As she comes into her own, she grapples with a secret that threatens to unravel her family.
Details
- Release date
- 2019-11-22
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 3 Arts Entertainment, Endeavor Content, Overbrook Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Geraldine Viswanathan as Hala Masood
- Jack Kilmer as Jesse Ross
- Gabriel Luna as Mr. Lawrence
- Purbi Joshi as Eram Masood
- Hatta Azad Khan as Zahid
- Taylor Marie Blim as Melanie
- Anna Chlumsky as Shannon Taylor
- Charin Alvarez as Principal
- Sam Straley as Evan
- Sonny Bhatt as Arash
- Ahmed Lucan as Mahmoud
- Alka Nayyar as Hina
Crew
- Minhal Baig - Director
- Minhal Baig - Writer
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