The World Before Her
2012 · Movie · TV-PG · 90 min · ★ 6.9 · 89% critics
This documentary follows two very different training worlds for young women in India: a demanding beauty pageant bootcamp and a strict militant camp. By moving between these extremes, it paints a provocative picture of cultural tensions and competing ideas about identity during a time of rapid change.
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-03-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (17 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a provocative documentary about cultural conflict and women’s roles, with starkly different worlds placed side by side; Not for you if you prefer easy, feel-good viewing or simple answers, like in #Female Pleasure.
Pros: provocative cultural portrait; striking contrasts; thought-provoking themes | Cons: intense subject matter; challenging viewpoints; not light viewing
Themes
- beauty contest
- hinduism
- cultural difference
- india
- religious fundamentalism
- woman director
Cast & crew
Pooja Chopra
as Herself
- AS
Ankita Shorey
as Herself
- PT
Prachi Trivedi
as Herself
- MR
Marc Robinson
as Himself
Manasvi Mamgai
as Self
Ruhi Singh
as Self
Directed by Nisha Pahuja