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Difret(Movie, 2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 36min | Genre: Drama
DifretRating: 3.1/5 (with 2626 votes)
Difret (Amharic: ድፍረት, lit. 'Courage') is a 2014 Ethiopian drama film written and directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari. The film had its premiere in-competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival where it won the World Cinematic Dramatic Audience Award. Angelina Jolie served as the executive producer of the film. The film later premiered at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama section, where it won the Audience Award. It was selected as the Ethiopian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. The title literally translates as "courage", "audacity", but can also be a euphemism for "the act of being raped." ()
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Duration: 1h 39min
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Awards & Nominations for Difret

Sundance Film Festival - Audience Award – Best Foreign Feature Film

About Difret

Three hours outside of Addis Ababa, a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave Hirut grabs a rifle and tries to escape, but ends up shooting her would-be husband. In her village the practice of abduction into marriage is common and one of Ethiopia’s oldest traditions. Meaza Ashenafi, an empowered and tenacious young lawyer, arrives from the city to represent Hirut and argue that she acted in self defense. Meaza boldly embarks on a collision course between enforcing civil authority and abiding by customary law, risking the ongoing work of her women’s legal aid practice to save Hirut’s life.

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Additional Information

Plays in: Ethiopia
Original language: Amharic (AM)
Spoken languages: Amharic (AM)
Translated into 9 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Polish (PL), Romanian (RO), Turkish (TR)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 03/12/2015 (World premiere: 08/10/2014)
Producer: Leelai Demoz
Executive Producer: Angelina Jolie, Jessica Rankin, Julie Mehretu
Film Editor: Agnieszka Glińska
Director of Photography: Monika Lenczewska
Composer: Dave Eggar
Revenue: 49,667 USD

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