WAJMA, AN AFGHAN LOVE STORY / WAJMA, AN AFGHAN LOVE STORY
2013, Colour, Afghanistan, France, Focus on World Cinema (full length movies)
Production Team
Director :
Barmak Akram
Screenwriter :
Barmak Akram
Cinematographer :
Barmak Akram
Editor :
Barmak Akram, Hervé de Luze, Isabelle Ingold
Cast :
Wajma Bahar, Hadji Gul, Mustafa Habibi, Breshna Bahar
Music :
Barmak Akram, Mathieu Chedid, Susheela Raman
Film production and Sales :
Barmak Akram, Ariroad, 22, rue Davy, 75017 Paris (France) Ventes/Sales: Doc & Film International, 13, rue Portefoin, 75003 Paris (France), [email protected]
Synopsis
It’s snowing in Kabul, and gregarious waiter Mustafa charms a pretty student named Wajma. The pair begin a clandestine relationship -- they’re playful and passionate but ever mindful of the societal rules they are breaking. After Wajma discovers she is pregnant, her certainty that Mustafa will marry her falters, and word of their dalliance gets out. Her father must decide between his culturally held belief that he needs to uphold the family's "honour" and his devotion to his daughter.
Director
Born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1966, Barmak Akram studied art in France and is a musician, songwriter and composer in addition to making films. His first feature, KABULI KID, premiered at the Venice Festival in 2008, and he has directed several shorts and documentaries, including Toutes les télés du monde (2005).
Projections
Friday August 23, 2013 - 05:10 PM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 9 (Écran Québecor)
Saturday August 24, 2013 - 07:30 PM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 10 (Écran Air Canada)
Friday August 30, 2013 - 10:20 AM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 9 (Écran Québecor)
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