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Donkey in Lahore (2008)

Donkey in Lahore poster
Directed by
Faramarz K. Rahber
Genre
documentary film
Country
Australia
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Australian man falls in love with a woman from Pakistan and decides to marry her. The documentary follows their relationship and the cultural differences they navigate.

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What happens

Donkey In Lahore is a 2008 documentary by Faramarz Rahber about the life of an Australian who falls in love with a Pakistani woman and decides to marry her. In North America, it premiered in the east coast at the Tribeca film festival and in the west coast at the Dawn Breakers International Film Festival, later winning the Audience Favorite award, Best Documentary and Best Director at the 2009 Noor Iranian Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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