In post-Taliban Kabul, two lost children, brother and sister whose parents are in prison, try to survive every day by scavenging for food. At night, they join their imprisoned mother.
Direction
Meshkiny's documentary-realist approach blurs fiction and lived trauma.
Acting
Non-professional children deliver devastating naturalism.
Cinematography
Kabul's rubble becomes character — beautiful and brutal.
Director
Marziyeh Meshkiny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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