Kafia, a young girl on the brink of adulthood, has to leave behind a lot of what defined her Somalian life as she tries to adapt to her new existence in Hungary. As the family’s cultural values and taboos start to fall apart, Kafia tries to explain and make sense of all these changes to her mother left behind.
Direction
Zurbo films Kafia's solitude like she's already a ghost in two countries.
Editing
WhatsApp voice notes as dramatic tension—who knew texting could wreck you?
Director
Dorottya Zurbo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Europe's 2015 refugee crisis peak, the film captures Hungary's hard-right turn before global audiences noticed.
Zurbo spent three years embedded with Kafia; the 'easy lessons' of the title are bitterly ironic—none of this is easy, and nothing is being taught, only survived.
US
