2025  ·  Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria  ·  Fiction

Cinema Jazireh

STATUS: Completed

Cinema Jazireh

  • 2025
  • Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria
  • Fiction
  • Persian
  • 124 mins
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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. In her masterfully crafted second film, Turkish director Gözde Kural applies her familiarity with Afghan society in order to tell a story of oppression that forces individuals into roles – be it borrowed masculinity or forced femininity – that they would never accept in a free country.

Credits

Director
Gözde Kural
Writer
Gözde Kural
Producer
Gözde Kural, Milad Khosravi, Bulut Reyhanoğlu

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