2024 | Saudi Arabia | Experimental

Pavlov's Bells

  • - - 5 mins
  • Director | Khalid Fahd
  • Writer | Khalid Fahd
  • Producer | Rakan Anneghaimshi

STATUS: Released

This film is currently not available.   

A portrait of Soviet neurologist Ivan Pavlov, who famously proved that dogs could be trained to salivate at the sound of a bell, presides over a grey schoolroom where girls in sailor dresses line up to be inspected by a strict mistress. Bells tinkle; girls walk in and out. Woe betide any girl with a hole in her stocking! In this surreal, tightly controlled fantasy, young Nala wants to break down the lines and show that it is this mistress who is really in charge – and that anyone could take her place.

Pavlov's Influence Surreal Schoolroom Authority and Rebellion Psychological Conditioning Breaking Social Norms
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