THE BREADWINNER

THE BREADWINNER

THE BREADWINNER, 2017

Ireland, Canada, Luxemburg | DCP, Color, 94' | English
Director: Nora Twomey
Voice cast: Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Noorin Gulamgau

One of this year’s most talked about animations, The Breadwinner is a perfect example of women’s solidarity; Nora Twomey’s directorial debut is adapted from Deborah Ellis’s bestseller and is produced by Angelina Jolie. Living in Afghanistan, the 11-year-old Parvane cuts her hair to disguise herself as a boy and starts to work the odd job when the Taliban wrongfully arrests her father. Throughout the film, we watch Parvane’s struggle to stay alive all the while she tries to create fantastical stories from which she draws strength to keep her family together.

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