An Afghan Love Story
directed by Barmak Akram
Afghanistan/France | 2013 | 85 min.
In Persian with English subtitles
An Afghan father weighs his family's honor against his allegiance to his daughter after she is seduced and impregnated by a handsome waiter. The film won the World Cinema Dramatic Screenwriting prize at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and was Afghanistan’s submission for best foreign film to this year’s Oscars.