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Film Country: Bangladesh

Two women in ornate Bangladeshi wedding attire gather closely, one in a pink sari with floral hairpiece, the other in gold. The woman in gold leans agasint the woman in pink supportively, hand resting on her back, they smile.

September 17, 2026

The Difficult Bride

Zaineen, a young woman from an upper-class Dhaka family, prepares for her wedding by following the traditional bridal beauty rituals expected of the women in her family. Isolated in a bubble of wealth, Zaineen starts to lose her grip on her sanity, as the scrutiny over her body begins to elicit s...

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