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.
Directed by Bachir Bensaddek
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Wazhma Bahar
Zarmina Latif
Julie Le Breton
Nancy Fortin
Firuz Ali Nazar
Wahid Latif
Saba Vahedyousefi
Marwa Latif
Saboor Sahak
Hakim Latif
Paeman Arianfar
Adbullah Latif
Arezoo Ariapoor
Salima Latif
Sophie Cadieux
Directrice d'école
Guillaume Cyr
Policier
Effie Demetriou
Jeune Zarmina
Patrice Bissonnette
Me Létourneau
Isabelle Vincent
Directrice de la prison
Zobair Padash
Father
Nelofer Pazira
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