Madrasa (2013)

Directed by

Asad Sikander

Genre

drama film

Country

Afghanistan

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Afghan family who fled war in their homeland struggles to build a new life as refugees in Iran. The film follows their daily challenges and efforts to keep their cultural identity while adapting to a foreign environment.

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What happens

Madrasa is a 2013 Afghan drama film written, directed and co-produced by Asad Sikandar. The film, starring Sikandar, Diana Sikandar and Thamina Rajabova, is based on a true story about an Afghan refugee family living in Iran after having to flee the war in Afghanistan. The film released on 6 July 2013 in Kabul and on 14 October 2014 in Mumbai. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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