A House Named Shahana
Director: Leesa Gazi Screenwriter: Leesa Gazi, Aanon Siddiqua
Film Information
Director:
Leesa Gazi
Language:
Bengali
Screenwriter:
Leesa Gazi, Aanon Siddiqua
Country/Region:
Bangladesh / UK
Running Time:
137 min
Cast:
Aanon Siddiqua, Lutfur Rahman George, Iresh Zaker
Synopsis
The film follows the turbulent life of Dipa, a young divorced woman whose refusal to suffer silently makes her a misfit in a rural town in 90s Bangladesh. She is raised by weak and ineffectual parents in a peculiar family dynamic dominated by her maternal uncle and aunt. Under their authority, Dipa is married off to a widower in England. She suffers marital rape, refuses to settle and escapes. Seven years later, Dipa has become a transformed and confident professional, yet she still must fight the social stigma and the burden of "family honour" to live on her own terms...
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