Saudi film 'Wadjda' to be featured at Foreign Film Sundays at Geneva library

Posted March 28, 2016 11:00 pm

Paula Krapf

Gather with friends to watch and discuss a foreign film led by members of Geneva's International Cultural Exchange Committee in "Foreign Film Sundays" from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 17.

The April film is the award-winning Saudi Arabian film "Wadjda."

In the 2012 film, a rebellious Saudi girl (Waad Mohammed) enters a Quran recitation competition at her school and hopes to win enough money to buy her own bicycle.

To learn more, call (630) 232-0780 or visit www.gpld.org.

Waad Mohammed plays a 10-year-old girl in Saudi Arabia who sees a beautiful bicycle for sale in the 2012 film “Wadjda.” Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics