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In the remote mountains of central Afghanistan, a Hazara family embarks on a journey for truth and justice after their daughter Zahra mysteriously dies at Kabul University. Told through the eyes of Zahra's younger sister, Freshta, the film is a moving contemplation of love, loss, and perseverance in spite of increasing unrest on the eve of the Taliban takeover of the country.
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[Visions du Réel '24] The film captures in many ways the pain of a family over the suicide of their daughter, motivated by humiliation and harassment at Kabul University, surrounding her sister Freshta from that majestic surrounding of the mountains, using silence and shots of details that provide a heavy and quiet atmosphere, and alternating the spaciousness of the exterior with close-ups of the faces inside the house. Through this specific story, however, the director knows how to show the consequences of constant pressure on the Hazara population, what he calls "a slow genocide" in which the objective is to erase its traces. Despite its exploration of pain and loss, it is nevertheless a film that conveys the hope of resilience and the strength of dignity.