This is one of the hidden gems of Tribeca.
This is a small film about young women in Pakistan who decided to buck tradition and do gymnastics. It a look at sport, the women and the society they live in. It's a film that isn't what you think it is. Its a film that is juggling a good number of balls in such a perfect way that you will not be aware of wehat the film is doing until you get to the end. It a magic trick that is going to make you want to see the film a second time so you can see how things play out. And if you do see it a second time you are going to be richly rewarded.
The need to see the film a second time is something I know first hand. I had watched a chunk of the film at the Tribeca P&I screening before ducking out because there was something about the audio and my lack of sleep for the days before that was lulling me to sleep. The rhythms of the score was something similar to something I use to fall asleep to. Running into someone connected to the film outside the screening I asked for screener that I could watch at a later time. They obliged me and in my not so free time, I watched the film again. The film grew in my heart.
This is a special film. What I liked about the film the second time was that know where it's going and the arc of the young ladies involved you realize what a journey, they are making. There is a great deal more weight to the tale then you realize the first time through. You realize the odds that they are fighting. They aren't just young girls but things to be married off to young men. That they are allowed to compete is kind of a miracle. I was moved.
Finding films like this is why I wade heavily into Tribeca. It's a film that doesn't, on the face of it scream excitement, but ends up being way more moving and exciting then the big and loud films.
Highly recommended. See this film when you can.
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