Difret (2014)

Directed by

Zeresenay Berhane Mehari

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

Ethiopia, United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

12

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 61 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl is kidnapped and raped in rural Ethiopia, and she kills her attacker in self-defense. A lawyer steps in to defend the girl from a charge of murder, challenging the village's traditional laws.

soberingtenseemotionalcourageousseriousgrittyearnestsomberthought-provoking

What happens

Difret (Amharic: ድፍረት, lit. 'Courage') is a 2014 Ethiopian drama film written and directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari. The film had its premiere in-competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival where it won the World Cinematic Dramatic Audience Award. Angelina Jolie served as the executive producer of the film. The film later premiered at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section, where it won the Audience Award. It was selected as the Ethiopian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. The title literally translates as "courage", "audacity", but can also be a euphemism for "the act of being raped." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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