Milena Aboyan
Director
Elaha (2023)
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?
Genres: Drama
Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.patriarch, tmdb.marriage, tmdb.kurdish, tmdb.sexual-liberation, tmdb.virginity, imdb.attempted-suicide + 41 more, imdb.watching-a-video-on-a-computer, imdb.sister-sister-relationship, imdb.title-directed-by-female, imdb.dancing, imdb.kurdish, imdb.kurdish-german, imdb.f-rated, imdb.doctor, imdb.dry-cleaner, imdb.telephone-call, imdb.virginity, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.watching-a-video, imdb.patriarchy, imdb.dog, imdb.female-nudity, imdb.22-year-old-woman, imdb.hymen, imdb.nudity, imdb.woman-in-a-bathtub, imdb.wedding, imdb.tradition, imdb.suicide-attempt, imdb.slapped-in-the-face, imdb.marriage, imdb.forename-as-title, imdb.written-by-director, imdb.female-in-a-bathtub, imdb.female-protagonist, imdb.dry-cleaning, imdb.triple-f-rated, imdb.laptop-computer, imdb.bathtub, imdb.character-name-in-title, mdblist.fresh, imdb.culture, imdb.freedom, imdb.female-masturbation, tmdb.women, aspectratio.1-33-1
Production Companies: Kinescope Film, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, ARTE, Essence Film, Südwestrundfunk
Country: Germany
Production Country:
Germany
Languages:
German,
Kurdish
Recommendations
Runtime: 110 min.
Released: Nov. 23, 2023
Digital Release: Dec. 8, 2025
Status: Released
Certification: R / 17+