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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Wazhma BaharZarmina Latif
Julie Le BretonNancy Fortin
Firuz Ali NazarWahid Latif
Saba VahedyousefiMarwa Latif
Saboor SahakHakim Latif
Paeman ArianfarAdbullah Latif
Sophie CadieuxDirectrice d'école
Guillaume CyrPolicier
Effie DemetriouJeune Zarmina
Patrice BissonnetteMe Létourneau
Isabelle VincentDirectrice de la prisonExplore the crew
- Director
- Bachir Bensaddek
- Writer
- Marie Vien
- Producer
- Valérie d'Auteuil
- Director of Photography
- Claudine Sauvé
- Editor
- Richard Comeau
- Editor
- Yvann Thibaudeau
- Original Music Composer
- Catherine Major