Project Detail

Polite Society

Synopsis

Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2023 - Midnight - World premiere

Details

Year: 2023
Type of project: Features
Running time: 104 min
Director: Nida Manzoor 1st Feature
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Olivier Kaempfer, John Pocock
Co-Producer: Rachel Alabaster
Executive Producer: Cecilia Frugiuele
Editor: Robbie Morrison
Screenwriter: Nida Manzoor
Director of Photography: Ashley Connor
Production Designer: Simon Walker
Sound: Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor: Jay Price
Composer: Tom Howe, Shez Mansoor
Principal cast: Ritu Arya, Priya Kansara

Genre

Woman Director Comedy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Focus Features (US), Parkville Pictures (UK), Universal Pictures International (US), Working Title Films (UK)

Parkville Pictures

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Sales Company

Focus Features

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