Her father won her mother in a card game. Welcome to Australia's most forbidden love story.
Set in the 1890s in the central desert region of Australia, 'Serenades' tells the tale of Jila who is conceived when her Afghan cameleer father wins her Aboriginal mother in a card game.
Cinematography
The Australian desert becomes a character—harsh, beautiful, unforgiving.
Acting
Alice Haines carries impossible weight as Jila, trapped between two bloodlines.
Direction
Khadem's Iranian-Australian lens exposes colonial violence most Aussies ignore.
Director
Mojgan Khadem
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