Official US Trailer for Acclaimed Drama ‘Inshallah a Boy’ from Jordan

Official US Trailer for Acclaimed Drama ‘Inshallah a Boy’ from Jordan

by Alex Billington
December 17, 2023
Source: YouTube

“This is my house and I’m not selling it!” Greenwich Entertainment has revealed an official US trailer for an indie drama from the country of Jordan called Inshallah a Boy, the acclaimed feature directorial debut of Jordanian filmmaker Amjad Al Rasheed. It first premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the Critics’ Week sidebar, also playing at the TIFF, London, Montclair, Thessaloniki, Stockholm Film Fests. Inshallah a Boy (which translates to “God willing a boy”) is about Jordan’s inheritance culture under which women are pressured to relinquish their rights to any property to male relatives. A widow named Nawal pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan’s patriarchal inheritance laws. It is also Jordan’s official submission for Best International Film at the Academy Awards this year. Mouna Hawa stars as Nawal, joined by Haitham Omari, Yumna Marwan, Salwa Nakkara, Mohammad Al Jizawi, Eslam Al-Awadi, and Celina Rabab’a. Reviews are all positive so far, saying that it features “gorgeous cinematography and an incredible performance from Mouna Hawa.” Worth a look.

Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Amjad Al Rasheed’s Inshallah a Boy, direct from YouTube:

After the sudden death of her husband, Nawal (Mouna Hawa) is struggling to cope with the upheaval in her life. However, her pain is soon compounded by the possibility of losing her home to her brother-in-law. Desperate to keep her home and provide a stable life for her daughter, she resorts to deception by faking a pregnancy. But as time passes, the lie becomes harder to sustain and Nawal faces a difficult choice. With only weeks to find a solution, Nawal embarks on a journey that challenges her fears, beliefs, and morality, as she fights to secure her rightful inheritance and also protect her daughter’s future. Inshallah a Boy, originally known as Inshallah Walad, is directed by acclaimed Jordanian filmmaker Amjad Al Rasheed, making his feature directorial debut after directing one other short previously. The screenplay is written by Amjad Al Rasheed, Rula Nasser, Delphine Agut. Produced by Rula Nasser, Aseel Abu Ayyash, Yousef Abed Alnabi, Nicolas Leprêtre. This initially premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year in the Critics’ Week sidebar section. Greenwich Ent. will debut Inshallah a Boy in select US theaters on January 12th, 2024, then later on VOD starting March 12th early next year. For more info, visit their official site.

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