Azza
Synopsis
Azza had to compromise her life for others since she was a child. She was married at 16, had four children and had no right to continue her education. Through a smart trick she managed to get divorced after years of an abusive marriage. As a divorced woman she was banned from her family and was not allowed to see her children. Her solitude led her to a new marriage, after which she was accepted back into her family.
As Azza is caught up by the traumas of her past, she’s struggling in everyday life, but always finds a way to go on. Without a school certificate, she cannot find a job, works freelance as a driving teacher for women and is often out of money. She tries to have a career to improve her life and this of her five children. By all means she does not want her teenage daughters to experience what she went through.
Azza escapes on a road trip to the desert where she discovers her country and herself. Driving has become the tool to freedom, not only in Azza’s life, but in most women’s lives.
Shot over three years the documentary is an intimate look into the life of Azza, her native country and the changing society balancing between tradition and modernity.
Credits
Length 90 min
Director Stefanie Brockhaus
Writer Stefanie Brockhaus
Producer: Hans Robert Eisenhauer
Line Producer: Eva Maria Weerts
Cinematography: Anne Misselwitz
Editor: Ulrike Tortora
Music: Amélie Legrand
World Sales: Syndicado
Cast Azza Al Shareef
Festivals
CPH:dox
Dokfest Munich
Krakau Filmfest
Beldocs