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The Bridal Quarter

The Bridal Quarter
NR 1 hr 23 min
The film captures the ritual motions of the women in a family preparing for the wedding of seventeenyearold Ayesah who is betrothed to a man she barely knows As preparations for her union is underway Ayesah is reunited with her childhood tutor Maguid who returns to the village as a militiaman after five years reawakening Ayesahs past memory of childhood infatuation Throughout Ayesahs confinement her precocious and rebellious eightyearold sister Saripa becomes her eyes to the world beyond her room Her mother Amina keeps her composure despite the fact her husband sleeps with his second wife half of the time finding solace in the belief that it is both her religious and familial duty to be an obedient wife Ayesahs aunt Farida is tasked to ensure that she is prepared for the wedding However Faridas dark past challenges Ayesahs resolve finding herself choosing between love and loyalty to tradition and family

Movie Details

Original Language:Tagalog