Zinda Bhaag (2013)

Original title

زندہ بھاگ

Directed by

Meenu Gaur

Genre

drama, family, music

Country

Pakistan

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

UA

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young men in Pakistan try to escape their limited prospects by seeking illegal migration abroad. The film shows their struggles and the risks they take to pursue a better life.

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What happens

Zinda Bhaag (Urdu: زندہ بھاگ) is a 2013 Pakistani Punjabi-language drama film co-directed by Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, and produced by Mazhar Zaidi. The film focuses on the issue of illegal migration. The film had a premiere on 19 September 2013 and a theatrical release on 20 September. The film was selected as the Pakistani entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, the first in over 50 years to be submitted for nomination since Gunghat in 1963. The film was made as part of a project on masculinity titled Let's Talk Men, affiliated with United Nations agencies for the prevention of gender-based violence. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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