Signature Move Page #3

Synopsis: Zaynab is a thirty-something Pakistani, Muslim, lesbian in Chicago who takes care of her TV-obsessed mother. As Zaynab falls for Alma, a bold and very bright Mexican woman, she searches for her identity in life, love and wrestling.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jennifer Reeder
Production: Newcity
  4 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
Year:
2017
80 min
Website
112 Views


what we're arguing about.

I mean, you do realize that

we don't know each other

well enough to be doing this,

right?

I mean, I don't know you

well enough to be this upset.

This is so lesbian, this

is, this is so lesbian.

I mean, seriously, this

is the gayest thing

we could be doing right now.

You buzz around like

you know everything

there is to know about women,

because you're so experienced

and you're so much

better at this than I am.

I am.

Look, I am my mother's person.

I am her person.

She doesn't go out.

She doesn't do anything.

She doesn't see anybody.

I am her everything.

I'm her friend, her,

her companion,

her mother, her chef, her,

I'm her f***ed up daughter.

Well, I don't go backwards

for anyone.

I'm not gonna do it

for you either.

Yeah.

She left.

Mom, can you stop?

Moving these,

they don't go like this.

It's not your flow.

It's my flow.

I can flow however I want.

[Zaynab] Whoa! (groaning)

I need you.

Oh.

No...

No.

You were right.

Women are the worst.

Stick with the emotionally

unavailable.

Ugh, no.

I need you to compete

in the Lucha match.

I can't do it, my knee's blown.

I'll train you.

Do you think I have a shot

at winning?

Oh, no, absolutely not.

You're gonna get creamed.

No, no, I'm a lawyer.

I'm not a wrestler.

Objection, you're not a

wrestler, yet.

Oh.

Objection overruled!

Why does she keep hitting me?

Yeah, tell me about it.

No.

Yes.

No.

No, I mean, yes.

I mean, well, kind of.

She's secretive.

No.

No.

Yeah, but that was

a different time.

It was a different place.

Things are different now.

You never wrestled

after I was born?

Was I worth it?

Mija...

You.

Gym.

God, why does everybody

keep...

It's a wrestling mask.

I wrestle.

Wrestle?

No, I wrestle with women.

It's just this thing

that I do.

You know, like you pray

and watch Pakistani dramas.

I'm just trying to live

my life.

Maybe you should go live yours.

I am living my life!

Live my life.

I saw you with your friend.

I have a right to know.

Zaynab?

Zaynab?

Zaynab?

Zaynab?

All right, now this one?

This is Hopewell's

cold brew coffee beer.

Now it's just like having

a full cup of coffee,

except it's better,

'cause it's beer.

(laughing)

All right, I'm gonna

start with this one.

I don't trust him.

You.

You are awesome,

and I like you a lot.

Your path is your path,

and it's a beautiful

and inspiring path.

But, your path isn't

better than my path.

It's just different.

And, my mother and I,

we do have a weird

and dysfunctional relationship

maybe.

Okay, definitely.

But that doesn't make it wrong.

I have to live my life, my way.

And that does not mean

that I'm moving backwards.

(slow clapping)

- Ooh.

- Ooh.

I'm fine.

Is that your signature move?

Whose side are you on?

Well, Erik Astrada

does have a good point.

Yo, this girl has gotten

to you.

She likes you, and you

like her, I know this.

But, she's right.

She's got her own path.

I'm not gonna compromise

for someone else.

I am who I am.

Please, I am who I am.

You've been felt up.

You're just feeling

your feelings.

It's not compromise.

Hey, what, what,

what are you doing?

Hey, you've got

to cleanse your palate.

Exactly, you've gotta

cleanse your palate.

So you can really taste

this one.

She's pretty sweet.

I'm just speculating.

(Jayde grunting)

Train me.

No, no, no, you were right.

You're a lawyer.

I need this.

Are you, are you gonna cry?

All right, I'll do it.

Uh.

Rah.

(upbeat Pakistani music)

(grunting)

(roaring)

I always wanted

to be your girl

I always wanted

to be your girl

I always wanted

to be your girl

I always wanted

to be your girl

Okay, now don't get

distracted by the crowd.

They're supposed to pick sides.

And if they're booing,

you're doing your job.

[Bouncer] Name?

Uh, Parveen.

Ma'am, you're not

on the list, you VIP?

Very important Pakistani.

Okay, seriously,

you're not on the list.

You're holding up

the line, ma'am.

But my daughter is inside.

She's with me.

Ah.

[Alma] Mrs. Qadir,

what are you doing here?

[Parveen] I don't know.

Where is Zaynab?

[Alma] I don't know.

Mrs. Qadir, this is my

mother, Rosa.

[Rosa] Your

daughter is Zaynab?

Yeah.

[Rosa] (shouting in Spanish)

Woo!

(bell rings)

Yeah, woo.

Welcome to this month's

all lady lucha libre!

Introducing, we got

a first-timer, y'all.

A lucha virgin.

Coming to you from Rogers

Park, it's Jasmine Z.

Oh.

Zaynab?

All right, all right,

representing the...

(environmental noise)

it's Ragina Cruz!

Yeah, ha ha.

Get ready, ring the bell.

(bell rings)

(grunting)

Zaynab.

[Regina] How do you like

me now?

It's not real, you know,

it's like our dramas.

It's not real.

No, it's real.

Mom.

She's doing very good.

Yes, Zaynab!

Get her.

Oh, oh, ooh.

Zaynab?

No, no, just stay here.

She's doing great.

Oh, oh.

Careful.

(grunting)

One, two, three.

No.

Ring the bell,

that's match over.

I have a crazy daughter.

You do, she's the worst.

(bell rings)

Mom.

Zaynab?

Thanks for coming, Mom.

Ah.

- Hey.

- Hey.

What was that?

That's my signature move.

Mom!

I just want to dance

among the stars

These after hours got me

(Pakistani pop music)

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