The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
Afghanistan, Spring 2002 — Following the fall of the taliban regime, the country faces extreme poverty. To feed his family, a father is forced to sell his 15-year-old daughter to a 65-year-old man. Refusing to accept this fate for her child, the mother, determined to give her a brighter future, arranges a marriage with a man living in Montreal. In return, she makes a solemn promise: the children born of this union will one day marry their cousins remaining in Afghanistan. Montreal, Spring 2020 — The pact resurfaces. Now well integrated into Quebec society, Zarmina refuses to let her 15-year-old daughter marry her cousin in Afghanistan. Her firm opposition triggers a tragic chain of events.
Ratings
TMDB3/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Bachir BensaddekDirector
- Marie VienWriter
- Catherine MajorOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Wazhma BaharZarmina Latif
- Julie Le BretonNancy Fortin
- Firuz Ali NazarWahid Latif
- Saba VahedyousefiMarwa Latif
- Saboor SahakHakim Latif
- Paeman ArianfarAdbullah Latif
- Arezoo AriapoorSalima Latif
- Sophie CadieuxDirectrice d'école
- Guillaume CyrPolicier
- Effie DemetriouJeune Zarmina
- Patrice BissonnetteMe Létourneau
- Isabelle VincentDirectrice de la prison