72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Zeresnay Berhane Mehari
USA      99 m.
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Produced by Angelina Jolie, this film won the Audience Award at the Sundance Festival and the Audience Award of the Panorama Section at the Berlinale. In Addis Ababa, lawyer Meaza Ashenafi has created a network providing support to poor women and children in need of legal aid. She is constantly harassed by the police and the authorities. Even so, she is bold enough to defend Hirut, a 14 year-old girl kidnapped and raped on her way home from school, who shoots her captors and escapes. Despite having acted in self-defence, Hirut may be sentenced to death.  

Director
Zeresnay Berhane Mehari
Screenplay
Zeresenay Berhane Mehari
Production
Haile Addis Pictures (USA)
Photography
Monika Lenczewska
Edition
Agnieska Glinska
Music
David Schommer, David Eggar
Cast
Meron Getnet, Tizita Hagere, Haregewine Assefa, Brook Sheferaw, Mekonen Laeake, Meaza Tekle
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DCP FOLLOWING DCI
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Running Time
99 m.
Country
USA
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