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You Will Be Free

Afghanistan, Spring 2002 — Following the fall of the taliban regime, the country faces extreme poverty. To feed his family, a father is forced to sell his 15-year-old daughter to a 65-year-old man. Refusing to accept this fate for her child, the mother, determined to give her a brighter future, arranges a marriage with a man living in Montreal. In return, she makes a solemn promise: the children born of this union will one day marry their cousins remaining in Afghanistan. Montreal, Spring 2020 — The pact resurfaces. Now well integrated into Quebec society, Zarmina refuses to let her 15-year-old daughter marry her cousin in Afghanistan. Her firm opposition triggers a tragic chain of events.

Top Cast

  • Wazhma Bahar

    Wazhma Bahar

    Zarmina Latif

  • Julie Le Breton

    Julie Le Breton

    Nancy Fortin

  • Firuz Ali Nazar

    Firuz Ali Nazar

    Wahid Latif

  • Saba Vahedyousefi

    Saba Vahedyousefi

    Marwa Latif

  • Saboor Sahak

    Saboor Sahak

    Hakim Latif

  • Paeman Arianfar

    Paeman Arianfar

    Adbullah Latif

  • Arezoo Ariapoor

    Arezoo Ariapoor

    Salima Latif

  • Sophie Cadieux

    Sophie Cadieux

    Directrice d'école

  • Guillaume Cyr

    Guillaume Cyr

    Policier

Overview

Afghanistan, Spring 2002 — Following the fall of the taliban regime, the country faces extreme poverty. To feed his family, a father is forced to sell his 15-year-old daughter to a 65-year-old man. Refusing to accept this fate for her child, the mother, determined to give her a brighter future, arranges a marriage with a man living in Montreal. In return, she makes a solemn promise: the children born of this union will one day marry their cousins remaining in Afghanistan. Montreal, Spring 2020 — The pact resurfaces. Now well integrated into Quebec society, Zarmina refuses to let her 15-year-old daughter marry her cousin in Afghanistan. Her firm opposition triggers a tragic chain of events.

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