Khatemeh (2019)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Iran
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
This documentary follows a 14-year-old Afghan refugee girl in Iran who is forced to marry her late sister's husband. It shows her escape from abuse and her search for safety in a women's shelter.
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What happens
Khatemeh (Persian: خاتمه) is a 2020 Iranian documentary written and directed by twin brothers Mehdi Zarei and Hadi Zarei. The film depicts the true story of a 14-year-old Afghan refugee girl living in Shiraz, Iran, who is compelled to marry her deceased sister’s husband and later seeks protection in a women’s shelter to escape abuse. The documentary premiered at international film festivals in 2019 and subsequently received several awards, including Best International Feature Documentary at the Herat International Women’s Film Festival and the Sarah Maldoror Award for Best Film at the MyArt International Film Festival in Italy. It was produced independently in Iran and is distributed internationally by Raft Films, a Paris-based company representing independent Iranian and Middle Eastern cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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