Director: Sahraa Karimi
Script: Sahraa Karimi, Sami Hasib Nabizada
Cinematographer: Behrouz Badrouj
Editing: Mastaneh Mohajer
Art Setting: Sakineh Gholamali
Sound: Asqar Abgoon
Music: Saba Nedaei, Ali Tavakoli
Cast: Arezoo Ariapoor, Fereshta Afshar, Hasiba Ebrahimi
Production: Katayoon Shahabi, Sahraa Karimi
Contact:
Noori Pictures
84, avenue de la République
75 011 Paris
France
Tel.: + 33 (0) 6 76 41 89 67
[email protected]
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www.nooripictures.com
Year: 2019
Screening: 2020
DCP, color, 86 min,
OV Dari English and French electronic subtitles
French Premiere
Three Afghan women from different social backgrounds, living in Kabul, are facing a big challenge in their lives. Hava, a traditional pregnant woman whom no one cares about, is living with her father and mother-in-law. Her only joy is talking to the baby in her belly. Maryam, an educated TV news reporter, is about to get a divorce from her unfaithful husband, but finds out she is pregnant. Ayesha, an 18- year old girl accepts to marry her cousin because she is pregnant by her boyfriend who disappears after hearing the news. Each of them has to solve her problem by herself for the first time.
« As a female filmmaker from Afghanistan, I promised myself to be the storyteller of my fellow countrywomen who seek to change their lives in a traditional society. By travelling to many Afghan cities and villages, I found real stories from inside my country about women such as Hava, Maryam, and Ayesha. They are trying not to give in to the imposed patriarchal society. Their decision is a form of resistance to their predetermined life. My goal is to narrate the lives of the women who haven’t had a voice for many years, and they are now ready to change their fate. » Sahraa Karimi
