Film

Scales

2020 · 1h 14m · Fantasy · Drama

Bound by tradition. Controlled by no one.

IMDb

5.8

Metacritic

72

Hayat, a 12-year-old strong-willed girl, lives in a poor fishing village governed by dark tradition, in which every family must give away a daughter to the sea creatures who inhabit the waters near by. In turn, the sea creatures are hunted by the men of the village. Saved from this ordeal by her father, Hayat is outcasted by her village and considered a curse. But Hayat never surrenders. When Hayat’s mother gives birth to her new-born brother, Hayat must accept the brutal custom by sacrificing herself to these creatures or find a way to escape.

Ashraf Barhoum

Amer

Basima Hajjar

Hayat

Fatima Al Taei

Aisha

Haifa Al-Agha

Sumaya

Hafssa Faisal

Fatama

Abdulaziz Shtian

Yasser

Ibrahim Al-Hasawi

Saada

Rida Ismail

Hakeem

Ali Abdallah Al Kamzari

Salim

Fathi Ahmad Al Kamzari

Khaled

Mohammed Tareq Al Shehhi

Shareef

Walid Khalid Dawood

Hassan

Osama Suheil Al Zarafi

Iqbal

Mohannad Hassan Al Zohoury

Azeez

Seif Ibrahim Al Hamadi

Tareq

Ali Abdullah Al Kamzari

Zahr

• Shahad AmeenWriter · Director
• Ben RossProducer
• Paul MillerProducer
• Mohamed Al DaradjiProducer
• Majid Al AnsariExecutive Producer
• João RibeiroDirector of Photography
• Ali SalloumEditor
• Ewa J. LindEditor
• Shahnaz DulaimyEditor

Official Trailer

Release date

November 12, 2020

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

1h 14m

Rated

MA15+

Genres

Fantasy, Drama