La bicicletta verde

The Bicycle Thief in Riyadh. A ten-year-old Saudi girl enters a Koran competition at school. Her real aim: to win the prize money and buy a bicycle, despite local conventions. A sweet film, nicely observed.

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Haifaa al-Mansour directed La bicicletta verde in 2012. See Haifaa al-Mansour's full filmography, where to start with Haifaa al-Mansour, or where to go after you've seen everything by Haifaa al-Mansour.

La bicicletta verde was released in 2012 (AR original-language production), with a runtime of 98 minutes.