After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.
Direction
Makhmalbaf blends documentary realism with poetic dread.
Cinematography
Those red burqas against bone-white desert? Devastating.
Writing
Based on Pazira's actual escape—truth bleeds through every frame.
Director
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nelofer Pazira is playing herself—she actually made this desperate journey to find a friend who'd disappeared, not a sister.
Shot partially during Taliban rule with smuggled equipment; some 'extras' were real refugees with minutes to live.
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