Inshallah a Boy

Inshallah a Boy is a really solid film about a woman in Jordan whose husband dies, and who quickly realizes she might lose her home thanks to that country’s insane property laws. Though the film isn’t really a thriller, it does have a low-key sense of driving tension that’s quite effective (there are definite shades of Asghar Farhadi here). It helps that Mouna Hawa is fantastic in the main role; she’s in every scene of the film, and does a great job of getting us to care about the character, while also selling her increasing desperation as her situation goes from bad to worse.

*** out of ****