Elaha

Elaha, 22, believes she must restore her supposed innocence before she weds. A surgeon could reconstruct her hymen but she cannot afford such an operation. She asks herself: why does she have to be a virgin anyway, and for whom?

Keywords

  • Berlinale
  • Berlinale (home)
  • Female Filmmakers
  • Locarno Film Festival!
  • Only on Sooner
  • Portraits of empowered women
  • Women's Rights

Actors

  • Bayan Layla
  • Armin Wahedi Yeganeh
  • Derya Durmaz
  • Derya Dilber
  • Cansu Leyan

Director

  • Milena Aboyan

Drama

1h 50min

-16

DE

NL

FR

EN

Germany
2023
Elaha, a 22-year-old woman of Kurdish origin, is seeking to have her hymen reconstructed in the hope of restoring her innocence before her marriage.

Elaha, a 22-year-old woman of Kurdish origin, is seeking to have her hymen reconstructed in the hope of restoring her innocence before her marriage.


Elaha, 22, believes she must restore her supposed innocence before she weds. A surgeon could reconstruct her hymen but she cannot afford such an operation. She asks herself: why does she have to be a virgin anyway, and for whom?

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