Synopsis

This arresting animated feature premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and is set in Kabul, Afghanistan during the summer of 1998. In love despite the daily violence and misery inflicted by Taliban rule, Mohsen and Zunaira want to believe in a promising future together. A senseless act by Mohsen will upend their lives forever.

• year 2019
• rating MT
• runtime 81
• director Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec
• country France/Luxembourg/Switzerland
• Genre Animation, Drama, Female Filmmaker, Period Piece, Political
• Programs Global Currents

Screenings

• SECCA5:00 pm, Tuesday, March 31
• Marketplace Cinemas1:00 pm, Sunday, April 5