10 minutes. One woman. A mother’s gift that cracks open a prison.
In suburban London, on New Years Eve in 1999, an Afghan housewife lives cut off from society by her controlling husband. In secret, with the aid of a present gifted by her mother, she sets out to reconnect with the world.
Acting
Keshtmand's eyes do the heavy lifting—devastating restraint.
Direction
Every frame a cage; the TV glow as both hope and horror.
Sound
Millennium countdown as psychological warfare—brilliant.
Director
Avesta Keshtmand
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