Cinema Jazireh

Afghanistan under the brutal rule of the Taliban. After surviving her family’s massacre, Leila has just one goal in life: to find her son Omid. But in a country where being a woman means being less than nothing, her chances are desperately slim, and so she chooses an extreme and dangerous solution. She radically changes her identity and sets out on a path where even the slightest hesitation can mean death.

Director: Gözde Kural

Cast: Fereshteh Hosseini, Mazlum Sümer, Ali Karimi, Hamid Karimi, Meysam Damanzeh, Reza Akhlaghirad

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